diff --git a/dask_cuda/__init__.py b/dask_cuda/__init__.py
index 2218e47e5..9d6917ef6 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/__init__.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 __version__ = "23.12.00"
 
-from . import compat
-
 # Monkey patching Dask to make use of explicit-comms when `DASK_EXPLICIT_COMMS=True`
 dask.dataframe.shuffle.rearrange_by_column = get_rearrange_by_column_wrapper(
     dask.dataframe.shuffle.rearrange_by_column
diff --git a/dask_cuda/compat.py b/dask_cuda/compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c09337b2..000000000
--- a/dask_cuda/compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-import pickle
-
-import msgpack
-from packaging.version import Version
-
-import dask
-import distributed
-import distributed.comm.utils
-import distributed.protocol
-from distributed.comm.utils import OFFLOAD_THRESHOLD, nbytes, offload
-from distributed.protocol.core import (
-    Serialized,
-    decompress,
-    logger,
-    merge_and_deserialize,
-    msgpack_decode_default,
-    msgpack_opts,
-)
-
-if Version(distributed.__version__) >= Version("2023.8.1"):
-    # Monkey-patch protocol.core.loads (and its users)
-    async def from_frames(
-        frames, deserialize=True, deserializers=None, allow_offload=True
-    ):
-        """
-        Unserialize a list of Distributed protocol frames.
-        """
-        size = False
-
-        def _from_frames():
-            try:
-                # Patched code
-                return loads(
-                    frames, deserialize=deserialize, deserializers=deserializers
-                )
-                # end patched code
-            except EOFError:
-                if size > 1000:
-                    datastr = "[too large to display]"
-                else:
-                    datastr = frames
-                # Aid diagnosing
-                logger.error("truncated data stream (%d bytes): %s", size, datastr)
-                raise
-
-        if allow_offload and deserialize and OFFLOAD_THRESHOLD:
-            size = sum(map(nbytes, frames))
-        if (
-            allow_offload
-            and deserialize
-            and OFFLOAD_THRESHOLD
-            and size > OFFLOAD_THRESHOLD
-        ):
-            res = await offload(_from_frames)
-        else:
-            res = _from_frames()
-
-        return res
-
-    def loads(frames, deserialize=True, deserializers=None):
-        """Transform bytestream back into Python value"""
-
-        allow_pickle = dask.config.get("distributed.scheduler.pickle")
-
-        try:
-
-            def _decode_default(obj):
-                offset = obj.get("__Serialized__", 0)
-                if offset > 0:
-                    sub_header = msgpack.loads(
-                        frames[offset],
-                        object_hook=msgpack_decode_default,
-                        use_list=False,
-                        **msgpack_opts,
-                    )
-                    offset += 1
-                    sub_frames = frames[offset : offset + sub_header["num-sub-frames"]]
-                    if deserialize:
-                        if "compression" in sub_header:
-                            sub_frames = decompress(sub_header, sub_frames)
-                        return merge_and_deserialize(
-                            sub_header, sub_frames, deserializers=deserializers
-                        )
-                    else:
-                        return Serialized(sub_header, sub_frames)
-
-                offset = obj.get("__Pickled__", 0)
-                if offset > 0:
-                    sub_header = msgpack.loads(frames[offset])
-                    offset += 1
-                    sub_frames = frames[offset : offset + sub_header["num-sub-frames"]]
-                    # Patched code
-                    if "compression" in sub_header:
-                        sub_frames = decompress(sub_header, sub_frames)
-                    # end patched code
-                    if allow_pickle:
-                        return pickle.loads(
-                            sub_header["pickled-obj"], buffers=sub_frames
-                        )
-                    else:
-                        raise ValueError(
-                            "Unpickle on the Scheduler isn't allowed, "
-                            "set `distributed.scheduler.pickle=true`"
-                        )
-
-                return msgpack_decode_default(obj)
-
-            return msgpack.loads(
-                frames[0], object_hook=_decode_default, use_list=False, **msgpack_opts
-            )
-
-        except Exception:
-            logger.critical("Failed to deserialize", exc_info=True)
-            raise
-
-    distributed.protocol.loads = loads
-    distributed.protocol.core.loads = loads
-    distributed.comm.utils.from_frames = from_frames