diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/linux/packages.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/linux/packages.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f2d06cc053..00000000000
--- a/etc/spack/defaults/linux/packages.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-packages:
-  iconv:
-    require: [libiconv]