diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7bc861a8..1d327e5d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: MSnbase
 Title: Base Functions and Classes for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
-Version: 2.33.4
+Version: 2.33.5
 Description: MSnbase provides infrastructure for manipulation,
              processing and visualisation of mass spectrometry and
              proteomics data, ranging from raw to quantitative and
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ Collate:
     'methods-Spectrum2.R'
     'methods-all.equal.R'
     'methods-filters.R'
-    'methods-fragments.R'
     'methods-mzR.R'
     'methods-other.R'
     'methods-pSet.R'
@@ -221,4 +220,4 @@ Collate:
     'utils.R'
     'writeMSData.R'
     'zzz.R'
-RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
\ No newline at end of file
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 3c92c99f..24ab3a98 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # MSnbase 2.33
 
+## MSnbase 2.33.5
+
+- Remove `methods-fragments.R` (is now part of `PSMatch`).
+
 ## MSnbase 2.33.4
 
 - Fix bug in `MzTab()` (see issue #608).
diff --git a/R/methods-fragments.R b/R/methods-fragments.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 542ccde4..00000000
--- a/R/methods-fragments.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-setMethod("calculateFragments", c("character", "missing"),
-          function(sequence, type = c("b", "y"), z = 1,
-                   modifications = c(C = 57.02146),
-                   neutralLoss = defaultNeutralLoss(),
-                   verbose = isMSnbaseVerbose()) {
-            l <- lapply(sequence, PSMatch:::.calculateFragments,
-                        type = type, z = z, modifications = modifications,
-                        neutralLoss = neutralLoss, verbose = verbose)
-            return(do.call(rbind, l))
-        })