diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/PackageIdentifier.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/PackageIdentifier.java
index e763fc9..fdf574f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/PackageIdentifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/PackageIdentifier.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.ObjectCodec;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skylarkinterface.SkylarkPrinter;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skylarkinterface.SkylarkValue;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Canonicalizer;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.PathFragment;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@
 
   private PackageIdentifier(RepositoryName repository, PathFragment pkgName) {
     this.repository = Preconditions.checkNotNull(repository);
-    this.pkgName = Canonicalizer.fragments().intern(Preconditions.checkNotNull(pkgName));
+    this.pkgName = Preconditions.checkNotNull(pkgName);
     this.hashCode = Objects.hash(repository, pkgName);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Package.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Package.java
index 0f11326..4f81512 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Package.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Package.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.SerializationException;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.syntax.SkylarkSemantics;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.util.SpellChecker;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Canonicalizer;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Path;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.PathFragment;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Root;
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@
   protected Package(PackageIdentifier packageId, String runfilesPrefix) {
     this.packageIdentifier = packageId;
     this.workspaceName = runfilesPrefix;
-    this.nameFragment = Canonicalizer.fragments().intern(packageId.getPackageFragment());
+    this.nameFragment = packageId.getPackageFragment();
     this.name = nameFragment.getPathString();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/BUILD b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/BUILD
index b829858..442a7a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/BUILD
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/BUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 )
 
 PATH_FRAGMENT_SOURCES = [
-    "Canonicalizer.java",
     "PathFragment.java",
     "PathFragmentSerializationProxy.java",
     "OsPathPolicy.java",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/Canonicalizer.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/Canonicalizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5243c0b..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/Canonicalizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-package com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Interner;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.BlazeInterners;
-
-/**
- * Static singleton holder for certain interning pools.
- */
-public final class Canonicalizer<E> {
-
-  private static final Interner<PathFragment> FRAGMENT_INTERNER =
-      BlazeInterners.newWeakInterner();
-
-  /**
-   * Creates an instance of Canonicalizer tracking path fragments.
-   */
-  public static Interner<PathFragment> fragments() {
-    return FRAGMENT_INTERNER;
-  }
-
-  private Canonicalizer() {
-  }
-}