diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5b93bb189fbd6..2689331314c37 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11129,16 +11129,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "move-stdlib",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "move-explain"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "bcs 0.1.4",
- "clap 4.5.21",
- "move-command-line-common",
- "move-core-types",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "move-ir-compiler"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b4c2901adf5e..bbe50f0681894 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ members = [
     "third_party/move/tools/move-coverage",
     "third_party/move/tools/move-decompiler",
     "third_party/move/tools/move-disassembler",
-    "third_party/move/tools/move-explain",
     "third_party/move/tools/move-linter",
     "third_party/move/tools/move-package",
     "third_party/move/tools/move-resource-viewer",
diff --git a/third_party/move/tools/README.md b/third_party/move/tools/README.md
index cdcc842bdaf3e..64ede747afdc7 100644
--- a/third_party/move/tools/README.md
+++ b/third_party/move/tools/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ that are used by the [`move-cli`](./move-cli) `package` subcommand:
 
 * `move-bytecode-viewer`
 * `move-disassembler`
-* `move-explain`
 * `move-unit-test`
 * `move-package`
 * `move-coverage`
diff --git a/third_party/move/tools/move-explain/Cargo.toml b/third_party/move/tools/move-explain/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7002b14395079..0000000000000
--- a/third_party/move/tools/move-explain/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "move-explain"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Diem Association <opensource@diem.com>"]
-description = "Explain Move abort codes. Errors are defined as a global category + module-specific reason for the error"
-repository = "https://github.com/diem/diem"
-homepage = "https://diem.com"
-license = "Apache-2.0"
-publish = false
-edition = "2021"
-
-[dependencies]
-bcs = { workspace = true }
-clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
-move-command-line-common = { workspace = true }
-move-core-types = { workspace = true }
-
-[features]
-default = []
diff --git a/third_party/move/tools/move-explain/src/main.rs b/third_party/move/tools/move-explain/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d7d012fe55cbf..0000000000000
--- a/third_party/move/tools/move-explain/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) The Diem Core Contributors
-// Copyright (c) The Move Contributors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use clap::Parser;
-use move_command_line_common::files::MOVE_ERROR_DESC_EXTENSION;
-use move_core_types::errmap::ErrorMapping;
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-#[clap(author, version, about)]
-struct Args {
-    /// The location (module id) returned with a `MoveAbort` error
-    #[clap(long = "location", short = 'l')]
-    location: String,
-    /// The abort code returned with a `MoveAbort` error
-    #[clap(long = "abort-code", short = 'a')]
-    abort_code: u64,
-    /// Path to the error code mapping file
-    #[clap(long = MOVE_ERROR_DESC_EXTENSION, short = 'e')]
-    errmap_path: String,
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let args = Args::parse();
-
-    let errmap_bytes = std::fs::read(&args.errmap_path).expect("Could not load errmap from file");
-    let errmap: ErrorMapping =
-        bcs::from_bytes(&errmap_bytes).expect("Failed to deserialize errmap");
-
-    match errmap.get_explanation(&args.location, args.abort_code) {
-        None => println!(
-            "Unable to find a description for {}::{}",
-            args.location, args.abort_code
-        ),
-        Some(error_desc) => println!(
-            "Name: {}\nDescription: {}",
-            error_desc.code_name, error_desc.code_description,
-        ),
-    }
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn verify_tool() {
-    use clap::CommandFactory;
-    Args::command().debug_assert()
-}