diff --git a/DIRECTORY.md b/DIRECTORY.md
index 8d1567465fbc..c7f23cbae91e 100644
--- a/DIRECTORY.md
+++ b/DIRECTORY.md
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
   * [Autokey](ciphers/autokey.py)
   * [Baconian Cipher](ciphers/baconian_cipher.py)
   * [Base16](ciphers/base16.py)
-  * [Base32](ciphers/base32.py)
   * [Base64](ciphers/base64.py)
   * [Base85](ciphers/base85.py)
   * [Beaufort Cipher](ciphers/beaufort_cipher.py)
diff --git a/ciphers/base32.py b/ciphers/base32.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fee53ccaf0c4..000000000000
--- a/ciphers/base32.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import base64
-
-
-def base32_encode(string: str) -> bytes:
-    """
-    Encodes a given string to base32, returning a bytes-like object
-    >>> base32_encode("Hello World!")
-    b'JBSWY3DPEBLW64TMMQQQ===='
-    >>> base32_encode("123456")
-    b'GEZDGNBVGY======'
-    >>> base32_encode("some long complex string")
-    b'ONXW2ZJANRXW4ZZAMNXW24DMMV4CA43UOJUW4ZY='
-    """
-
-    # encoded the input (we need a bytes like object)
-    # then, b32encoded the bytes-like object
-    return base64.b32encode(string.encode("utf-8"))
-
-
-def base32_decode(encoded_bytes: bytes) -> str:
-    """
-    Decodes a given bytes-like object to a string, returning a string
-    >>> base32_decode(b'JBSWY3DPEBLW64TMMQQQ====')
-    'Hello World!'
-    >>> base32_decode(b'GEZDGNBVGY======')
-    '123456'
-    >>> base32_decode(b'ONXW2ZJANRXW4ZZAMNXW24DMMV4CA43UOJUW4ZY=')
-    'some long complex string'
-    """
-
-    # decode the bytes from base32
-    # then, decode the bytes-like object to return as a string
-    return base64.b32decode(encoded_bytes).decode("utf-8")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    test = "Hello World!"
-    encoded = base32_encode(test)
-    print(encoded)
-
-    decoded = base32_decode(encoded)
-    print(decoded)