diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/trampoline/create_handle.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/trampoline/create_handle.rs
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index d04d2899f9..0000000000
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/trampoline/create_handle.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-//! Support for a calling of an imported function.
-
-use crate::trampoline::StoreInstanceHandle;
-use crate::Store;
-use anyhow::Result;
-use std::any::Any;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use wasmtime_environ::entity::PrimaryMap;
-use wasmtime_environ::wasm::DefinedFuncIndex;
-use wasmtime_environ::Module;
-use wasmtime_runtime::{
-    Imports, InstanceAllocationRequest, InstanceAllocator, StackMapLookup,
-    VMExternRefActivationsTable, VMFunctionBody, VMFunctionImport, VMSharedSignatureIndex,
-};
-
-pub(crate) fn create_handle(
-    module: Module,
-    store: &Store,
-    finished_functions: PrimaryMap<DefinedFuncIndex, *mut [VMFunctionBody]>,
-    host_state: Box<dyn Any>,
-    func_imports: &[VMFunctionImport],
-    shared_signature_id: Option<VMSharedSignatureIndex>,
-) -> Result<StoreInstanceHandle> {
-    let mut imports = Imports::default();
-    imports.functions = func_imports;
-    let module = Arc::new(module);
-
-    unsafe {
-        // Use the default allocator when creating handles associated with host objects
-        // The configured instance allocator should only be used when creating module instances
-        // as we don't want host objects to count towards instance limits.
-        let handle = store
-            .engine()
-            .config()
-            .default_instance_allocator
-            .allocate(InstanceAllocationRequest {
-                module: module.clone(),
-                finished_functions: &finished_functions,
-                imports,
-                shared_signatures: shared_signature_id.into(),
-                host_state,
-                interrupts: store.interrupts(),
-                externref_activations_table: store.externref_activations_table()
-                    as *const VMExternRefActivationsTable
-                    as *mut _,
-                module_info_lookup: &store,
-            })?;
-
-        Ok(store.add_instance(handle, true))
-    }
-}