diff --git a/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts b/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
index 70588eb3f147b4103c62ceb36209fb1467f379b4..f81bda482ca55cceb9d1a3329bf43fa923abcc1f 100644
--- a/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
+++ b/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
@@ -322,31 +322,6 @@ function validateBundledClientAssets(clientDir: string) {
   });
 }
 
-function resolveCatalogDependencies(
-  dependencies: Record<string, unknown>,
-  catalog: Record<string, unknown>,
-  dependencySourceLabel: string,
-): Record<string, unknown> {
-  return Object.fromEntries(
-    Object.entries(dependencies).map(([dependencyName, spec]) => {
-      if (typeof spec !== "string" || !spec.startsWith("catalog:")) {
-        return [dependencyName, spec];
-      }
-
-      const catalogKey = spec.slice("catalog:".length).trim();
-      const lookupKey = catalogKey.length > 0 ? catalogKey : dependencyName;
-      const resolvedSpec = catalog[lookupKey];
-      if (typeof resolvedSpec !== "string" || resolvedSpec.length === 0) {
-        throw new BuildScriptError({
-          message: `Unable to resolve '${spec}' for ${dependencySourceLabel} dependency '${dependencyName}'. Expected key '${lookupKey}' in root workspace catalog.`,
-        });
-      }
-
-      return [dependencyName, resolvedSpec];
-    }),
-  );
-}
-
 function resolveDesktopRuntimeDependencies(
   dependencies: Record<string, unknown> | undefined,
   catalog: Record<string, unknown>,