diff --git a/terraform/dev-desktops/dns.tf b/terraform/dev-desktops/dns.tf
index 2a35c328b..97666d2a8 100644
--- a/terraform/dev-desktops/dns.tf
+++ b/terraform/dev-desktops/dns.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+data "aws_route53_zone" "rust_lang_org" {
+  name = "rust-lang.org"
+}
+
 resource "aws_route53_record" "dev_desktop_eu_2" {
   zone_id = data.aws_route53_zone.rust_lang_org.id
   name    = "dev-desktop-eu-2.infra.rust-lang.org"
diff --git a/terraform/dev-desktops/instance.tf b/terraform/dev-desktops/instance.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 992e012b8..000000000
--- a/terraform/dev-desktops/instance.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-resource "aws_eip" "dev_desktop" {
-  vpc = true
-  tags = {
-    Name = "dev_desktop"
-  }
-}
-
-data "dns_a_record_set" "monitoring" {
-  host = "monitoring.infra.rust-lang.org"
-}
-
-data "aws_security_group" "bastion" {
-  vpc_id = data.terraform_remote_state.shared.outputs.prod_vpc.id
-  name   = "rust-prod-bastion"
-}
-
-resource "aws_security_group" "dev_desktop" {
-  vpc_id      = data.terraform_remote_state.shared.outputs.prod_vpc.id
-  name        = "rust-prod-dev_desktop"
-  description = "Access rules for the production dev_desktop instance."
-
-  // node_exporter access from the monitoring instance
-  dynamic "ingress" {
-    for_each = toset(data.dns_a_record_set.monitoring.addrs)
-    content {
-      from_port   = 9100
-      to_port     = 9100
-      protocol    = "tcp"
-      cidr_blocks = ["${ingress.value}/32"]
-      description = "node_exporter from monitoring.infra.rust-lang.org"
-    }
-  }
-
-  ingress {
-    from_port        = 22
-    to_port          = 22
-    protocol         = "tcp"
-    cidr_blocks      = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
-    ipv6_cidr_blocks = ["::/0"]
-    description      = "SSH access from the world"
-  }
-
-  ingress {
-    from_port        = 8
-    to_port          = -1
-    protocol         = "icmp"
-    cidr_blocks      = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
-    ipv6_cidr_blocks = ["::/0"]
-    description      = "Ping access from the world"
-  }
-
-  // Allow outgoing connections
-
-  egress {
-    from_port   = 0
-    to_port     = 0
-    protocol    = -1
-    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
-    description = "Allow all IPv4 egress traffic."
-  }
-
-  egress {
-    from_port        = 0
-    to_port          = 0
-    protocol         = -1
-    ipv6_cidr_blocks = ["::/0"]
-    description      = "Allow all IPv6 egress traffic."
-  }
-
-  tags = {
-    Name = "rust-prod-dev_desktop"
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_network_interface" "dev_desktop" {
-  subnet_id       = data.terraform_remote_state.shared.outputs.prod_vpc.public_subnets[0]
-  security_groups = [aws_security_group.dev_desktop.id]
-}
-
-resource "aws_eip_association" "dev_desktop" {
-  network_interface_id = aws_network_interface.dev_desktop.id
-  allocation_id        = aws_eip.dev_desktop.id
-}
-
-data "aws_route53_zone" "rust_lang_org" {
-  name = "rust-lang.org"
-}
-
-resource "aws_route53_record" "dev_desktop" {
-  zone_id = data.aws_route53_zone.rust_lang_org.id
-  name    = "dev-desktop.infra.rust-lang.org"
-  type    = "A"
-  records = [aws_eip.dev_desktop.public_ip]
-  ttl     = 60
-}
-
-// Create the IAM role used by the dev-desktop.
-
-// Create the EC2 instance itself.
-
-data "aws_ami" "ubuntu_bionic" {
-  most_recent = true
-  owners      = ["099720109477"] # Canonical
-
-  filter {
-    name   = "name"
-    values = ["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-*"]
-  }
-
-  filter {
-    name   = "virtualization-type"
-    values = ["hvm"]
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_instance" "dev_desktop" {
-  ami                     = data.aws_ami.ubuntu_bionic.id
-  instance_type           = "c5a.8xlarge"
-  key_name                = data.terraform_remote_state.shared.outputs.master_ec2_key_pair
-  ebs_optimized           = true
-  disable_api_termination = false
-  monitoring              = false
-
-  root_block_device {
-    volume_type           = "gp3"
-    volume_size           = 1000
-    delete_on_termination = true
-  }
-
-  network_interface {
-    network_interface_id = aws_network_interface.dev_desktop.id
-    device_index         = 0
-  }
-
-  tags = {
-    Name = "dev-desktop"
-  }
-
-  lifecycle {
-    # Don't recreate the instance automatically when the AMI changes.
-    ignore_changes = [ami]
-  }
-}