diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d223c8989d4..c3a1cd34381 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ code or new licensing patterns.
 
             <exclude>src/backend/gporca/cmake/FindXerces.cmake</exclude>
             <exclude>src/backend/gporca/concourse/build_and_test.py</exclude>
-            <exclude>src/backend/gporca/concourse/xerces-c/build_xerces.py</exclude>
             <exclude>src/backend/gporca/concourse/xerces-c/xerces-c-3.1.2.tar.gz.sha256</exclude>
             <exclude>src/backend/gporca/server/fixdxl.sh</exclude>
             <exclude>src/backend/gporca/server/include/unittest/gpopt/operators/CScalarIsDistinctFromTest.h</exclude>
diff --git a/src/backend/gporca/concourse/xerces-c/build_xerces.py b/src/backend/gporca/concourse/xerces-c/build_xerces.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b49e13ac2a..00000000000
--- a/src/backend/gporca/concourse/xerces-c/build_xerces.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import optparse
-import os
-import os.path
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import tarfile
-import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse
-import hashlib
-
-XERCES_SOURCE_URL = "http://archive.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/3/sources/xerces-c-3.1.2.tar.gz"
-XERCES_SOURCE_DIR = "xerces-c-3.1.2"
-
-def num_cpus():
-    # Use multiprocessing module, available in Python 2.6+
-    try:
-        import multiprocessing
-        return multiprocessing.cpu_count()
-    except (ImportError, NotImplementedError):
-        pass
-
-    # Get POSIX system config value for number of processors.
-    posix_num_cpus = os.sysconf("SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN")
-    if posix_num_cpus != -1:
-        return posix_num_cpus
-
-    # Guess
-    return 2
-
-def get_xerces_source():
-    remote_src = urllib.request.urlopen(XERCES_SOURCE_URL)
-    local_src = open("xerces_src.tar.gz", "wb")
-    local_src.write(remote_src.read())
-    local_src.close()
-    file_hash = hashlib.sha256(open('xerces_src.tar.gz','rb').read()).hexdigest()
-    actual_hash = ""
-    with open('xerces_patch/concourse/xerces-c/xerces-c-3.1.2.tar.gz.sha256', 'r') as f:
-        actual_hash = f.read().strip()
-    if file_hash != actual_hash:
-        return 1
-    tarball = tarfile.open("xerces_src.tar.gz", "r:gz")
-    for item in tarball:
-        tarball.extract(item, ".")
-    tarball.close()
-    return 0
-
-def configure(cxx_compiler, cxxflags, cflags, output_dir):
-    os.mkdir("build")
-    environment = os.environ.copy()
-    if cxx_compiler:
-        environment["CXX"] = cxx_compiler
-    if cxxflags:
-        environment["CXXFLAGS"] = cxxflags
-    if cflags:
-        environment["CFLAGS"] = cflags
-    return subprocess.call(
-        [os.path.abspath(XERCES_SOURCE_DIR + "/configure"), "--prefix=" + os.path.abspath(output_dir)],
-        env = environment,
-        cwd = "build")
-
-def make():
-    return subprocess.call(["make", "-j" + str(num_cpus())], cwd="build")
-
-def install():
-    return subprocess.call(["make", "install"], cwd="build")
-
-def main():
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser()
-    parser.add_option("--compiler", dest="compiler")
-    parser.add_option("--cxxflags", dest="cxxflags")
-    parser.add_option("--cflags", dest="cflags")
-    parser.add_option("--output_dir", dest="output_dir", default="install")
-    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
-    if len(args) > 0:
-        print("Unknown arguments")
-        return 1
-    status = get_xerces_source()
-    if status:
-        return status
-    status = configure(options.compiler, options.cxxflags, options.cflags, options.output_dir)
-    if status:
-        return status
-    status = make()
-    if status:
-        return status
-    status = install()
-    if status:
-        return status
-    return 0
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    sys.exit(main())