diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_error-message.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_error-message.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index ea7263917..000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_error-message.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-@import "govuk_publishing_components/individual_component_support";
-@import "helpers/variables";
-
-.app-c-error-message {
-  display: block;
-  margin-bottom: govuk-spacing(3);
-  clear: both;
-  color: $govuk-error-colour;
-  @include govuk-font(19, $weight: bold);
-}
diff --git a/app/views/components/_error_message.html.erb b/app/views/components/_error_message.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index afa8b7614..000000000
--- a/app/views/components/_error_message.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<% add_app_component_stylesheet("error-message") %>
-<% id ||= false %>
-<span
-  class="app-c-error-message"
-  <% if id %>
-    id="<%= id %>"
-  <% end %>
->
-   <%= text %>
-</span>
diff --git a/app/views/components/docs/error_message.yml b/app/views/components/docs/error_message.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b0bc9a58..000000000
--- a/app/views/components/docs/error_message.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-name: Form error message
-description: Component to show a red error message - used for form validation. Use inside a label or legend.
-accessibility_criteria: |
-  - have a text contrast ratio higher than 4.5:1 against the background colour to meet [WCAG AA](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#visual-audio-contrast-contrast)
-examples:
-  default:
-    data:
-      text: 'Descriptive error message'
-  outside_label_or_legend:
-    description: 'Used if the error message is not inside a label or legend, for example with `aria-describedby`'
-    data:
-      id: 'unique-error-id'
-      text: 'Descriptive error message'
diff --git a/config/initializers/dartsass.rb b/config/initializers/dartsass.rb
index 16ee521ff..8dfe080c6 100644
--- a/config/initializers/dartsass.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/dartsass.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "components/_banner.scss" => "components/_banner.css",
   "components/_contents-list-with-body.scss" => "components/_contents-list-with-body.css",
   "components/_download-link.scss" => "components/_download-link.css",
-  "components/_error-message.scss" => "components/_error-message.css",
   "components/_figure.scss" => "components/_figure.css",
   "components/_important-metadata.scss" => "components/_important-metadata.css",
   "components/_published-dates.scss" => "components/_published-dates.css",