diff --git a/pandas/io/auth.py b/pandas/io/auth.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e42df6a7309b7..0000000000000
--- a/pandas/io/auth.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
-# see LICENSES directory for copyright and license
-import os
-import sys
-import logging
-
-import httplib2
-
-import apiclient.discovery as gapi
-import gflags
-import oauth2client.file as auth_file
-import oauth2client.client as oauth
-import oauth2client.tools as tools
-OOB_CALLBACK_URN = oauth.OOB_CALLBACK_URN
-
-
-class AuthenticationConfigError(ValueError):
-    pass
-
-FLOWS = {}
-FLAGS = gflags.FLAGS
-DEFAULT_SECRETS = os.path.join(
-    os.path.dirname(__file__), 'client_secrets.json')
-DEFAULT_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly'
-DEFAULT_TOKEN_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'analytics.dat')
-MISSING_CLIENT_MSG = """
-WARNING: Please configure OAuth 2.0
-
-You need to populate the client_secrets.json file found at:
-
-   %s
-
-with information from the APIs Console
-<https://console.developers.google.com/iam-admin/projects>.
-
-"""
-DOC_URL = ('https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/'
-           'aaa_client_secrets')
-
-gflags.DEFINE_enum('logging_level', 'ERROR',
-                   ['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'],
-                   'Set the level of logging detail.')
-
-# Name of file that will store the access and refresh tokens to access
-# the API without having to login each time. Make sure this file is in
-# a secure place.
-
-
-def process_flags(flags=None):
-    """Uses the command-line flags to set the logging level.
-
-    Args:
-    argv: List of command line arguments passed to the python script.
-    """
-    if flags is None:
-        flags = []
-
-    # Let the gflags module process the command-line arguments.
-    try:
-        FLAGS(flags)
-    except gflags.FlagsError as e:
-        print('%s\nUsage: %s ARGS\n%s' % (e, str(flags), FLAGS))
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    # Set the logging according to the command-line flag.
-    logging.getLogger().setLevel(getattr(logging, FLAGS.logging_level))
-
-
-def get_flow(secret, scope, redirect):
-    """
-    Retrieve an authentication flow object based on the given
-    configuration in the secret file name, the authentication scope,
-    and a redirect URN
-    """
-    key = (secret, scope, redirect)
-    flow = FLOWS.get(key, None)
-    if flow is None:
-        msg = MISSING_CLIENT_MSG % secret
-        if not os.path.exists(secret):
-            raise AuthenticationConfigError(msg)
-        flow = oauth.flow_from_clientsecrets(secret, scope,
-                                             redirect_uri=redirect,
-                                             message=msg)
-        FLOWS[key] = flow
-    return flow
-
-
-def make_token_store(fpath=None):
-    """create token storage from give file name"""
-    if fpath is None:
-        fpath = DEFAULT_TOKEN_FILE
-    return auth_file.Storage(fpath)
-
-
-def authenticate(flow, storage=None):
-    """
-    Try to retrieve a valid set of credentials from the token store if possible
-    Otherwise use the given authentication flow to obtain new credentials
-    and return an authenticated http object
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    flow : authentication workflow
-    storage: token storage, default None
-    """
-    http = httplib2.Http()
-
-    # Prepare credentials, and authorize HTTP object with them.
-    credentials = storage.get()
-    if credentials is None or credentials.invalid:
-        credentials = tools.run(flow, storage)
-
-    http = credentials.authorize(http)
-    return http
-
-
-def init_service(http):
-    """
-    Use the given http object to build the analytics service object
-    """
-    return gapi.build('analytics', 'v3', http=http)
-
-
-def reset_default_token_store():
-    import os
-    os.remove(DEFAULT_TOKEN_FILE)