diff --git a/ietf/nomcom/fields.py b/ietf/nomcom/fields.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f418bb382..000000000
--- a/ietf/nomcom/fields.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright The IETF Trust 2012-2019, All Rights Reserved
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.db import models
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
-
-from ietf.utils.pipe import pipe
-from ietf.utils.log import log
-
-class EncryptedException(Exception):
-    pass
-
-class EncryptedTextField(models.TextField):
-    def pre_save(self, instance, add):
-        if add:
-            comments = smart_str(getattr(instance, 'comments'))
-            nomcom = getattr(instance, 'nomcom')
-            try:
-                cert_file = nomcom.public_key.path
-            except ValueError as e:
-                raise ValueError("Trying to read the NomCom public key: " + str(e))
-
-            command = "%s smime -encrypt -in /dev/stdin %s" % (settings.OPENSSL_COMMAND, cert_file)
-            code, out, error = pipe(command, comments.encode())
-            if code != 0:
-                log("openssl error: %s:\n  Error %s: %s" %(command, code, error))
-            if not error:
-                instance.comments = out
-                return out
-            else:
-                raise EncryptedException(error)
-        else:
-            return instance.comments