diff --git a/bonobo/commands/__init__.py b/bonobo/commands/__init__.py
index c5d4908..56d615d 100644
--- a/bonobo/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/bonobo/commands/__init__.py
@@ -150,25 +150,6 @@ def _override_runner(runner):
         bonobo.run = _run
 
 
-def get_default_services(filename, services=None):
-    dirname = os.path.dirname(filename)
-    services_filename = os.path.join(dirname, DEFAULT_SERVICES_FILENAME)
-    if os.path.exists(services_filename):
-        with open(services_filename) as file:
-            code = compile(file.read(), services_filename, 'exec')
-        context = {
-            '__name__': '__services__',
-            '__file__': services_filename,
-        }
-        exec(code, context)
-
-        return {
-            **context[DEFAULT_SERVICES_ATTR](),
-            **(services or {}),
-        }
-    return services or {}
-
-
 def set_env_var(e, override=False):
     __escape_decoder = codecs.getdecoder('unicode_escape')
     ename, evalue = e.split('=', 1)
diff --git a/bonobo/util/__init__.py b/bonobo/util/__init__.py
index 4ef136e..27e50b2 100644
--- a/bonobo/util/__init__.py
+++ b/bonobo/util/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from bonobo.util.inspect import (
     istype,
 )
 from bonobo.util.objects import (get_name, get_attribute_or_create, ValueHolder)
-from bonobo.util.python import require
 
 # Bonobo's util API
 __all__ = [
@@ -35,5 +34,4 @@ __all__ = [
     'ismethod',
     'isoption',
     'istype',
-    'require',
 ]
diff --git a/bonobo/util/python.py b/bonobo/util/python.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8648f16..0000000
--- a/bonobo/util/python.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import inspect
-import os
-import runpy
-
-
-class _RequiredModule:
-    def __init__(self, dct):
-        self.__dict__ = dct
-
-
-class _RequiredModulesRegistry(dict):
-    @property
-    def pathname(self):
-        return os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.path.dirname(inspect.getfile(inspect.stack()[2][0])))
-
-    def require(self, name):
-        if name not in self:
-            bits = name.split('.')
-            filename = os.path.join(self.pathname, *bits[:-1], bits[-1] + '.py')
-            self[name] = _RequiredModule(runpy.run_path(filename, run_name=name))
-        return self[name]
-
-
-class WorkingDirectoryModulesRegistry(_RequiredModulesRegistry):
-    @property
-    def pathname(self):
-        return os.getcwd()
-
-
-registry = _RequiredModulesRegistry()
-require = registry.require