diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index 895f29692..207fd86d3 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/set"
 	ghAPI "github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/api"
 	ghauth "github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/auth"
 )
@@ -181,10 +180,6 @@ func handleResponse(err error) error {
 
 	var gqlErr *ghAPI.GraphQLError
 	if errors.As(err, &gqlErr) {
-		scopeErr := GenerateScopeErrorForGQL(gqlErr)
-		if scopeErr != nil {
-			return scopeErr
-		}
 		return GraphQLError{
 			GraphQLError: gqlErr,
 		}
@@ -193,40 +188,6 @@ func handleResponse(err error) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func GenerateScopeErrorForGQL(gqlErr *ghAPI.GraphQLError) error {
-	missing := set.NewStringSet()
-	for _, e := range gqlErr.Errors {
-		if e.Type != "INSUFFICIENT_SCOPES" {
-			continue
-		}
-		missing.AddValues(requiredScopesFromServerMessage(e.Message))
-	}
-	if missing.Len() > 0 {
-		s := missing.ToSlice()
-		// TODO: this duplicates parts of generateScopesSuggestion
-		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"error: your authentication token is missing required scopes %v\n"+
-				"To request it, run:  gh auth refresh -s %s",
-			s,
-			strings.Join(s, ","))
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-var scopesRE = regexp.MustCompile(`one of the following scopes: \[(.+?)]`)
-
-func requiredScopesFromServerMessage(msg string) []string {
-	m := scopesRE.FindStringSubmatch(msg)
-	if m == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var scopes []string
-	for _, mm := range strings.Split(m[1], ",") {
-		scopes = append(scopes, strings.Trim(mm, "' "))
-	}
-	return scopes
-}
-
 // ScopesSuggestion is an error messaging utility that prints the suggestion to request additional OAuth
 // scopes in case a server response indicates that there are missing scopes.
 func ScopesSuggestion(resp *http.Response) string {
diff --git a/api/client_test.go b/api/client_test.go
index ad75c1889..f988e090c 100644
--- a/api/client_test.go
+++ b/api/client_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/httpmock"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
-	"github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -257,79 +256,3 @@ func TestHTTPHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	assert.Equal(t, "", stderr.String())
 }
-
-func TestGenerateScopeErrorForGQL(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		gqlError *api.GraphQLError
-		wantErr  bool
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "missing scope",
-			gqlError: &api.GraphQLError{
-				Errors: []api.GraphQLErrorItem{
-					{
-						Type:    "INSUFFICIENT_SCOPES",
-						Message: "The 'addProjectV2ItemById' field requires one of the following scopes: ['project']",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			wantErr: true,
-			expected: "error: your authentication token is missing required scopes [project]\n" +
-				"To request it, run:  gh auth refresh -s project",
-		},
-
-		{
-			name: "ignore non-scope errors",
-			gqlError: &api.GraphQLError{
-				Errors: []api.GraphQLErrorItem{
-					{
-						Type:    "NOT_FOUND",
-						Message: "Could not resolve to a Repository",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			wantErr: false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := GenerateScopeErrorForGQL(tt.gqlError)
-			if tt.wantErr {
-				assert.NotNil(t, err)
-				assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, err.Error())
-			} else {
-				assert.Nil(t, err)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRequiredScopesFromServerMessage(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		msg      string
-		expected []string
-	}{
-		{
-			msg:      "requires one of the following scopes: ['project']",
-			expected: []string{"project"},
-		},
-		{
-			msg:      "requires one of the following scopes: ['repo', 'read:org']",
-			expected: []string{"repo", "read:org"},
-		},
-		{
-			msg:      "no match here",
-			expected: nil,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.msg, func(t *testing.T) {
-			output := requiredScopesFromServerMessage(tt.msg)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, output)
-		})
-	}
-}