diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/effect.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/effect.ts
index 6eb1c229246..9d7e6e94ca0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/effect.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/effect.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../../primitives/signals';
 import {FLAGS, LViewFlags, LView, EFFECTS} from '../interfaces/view';
 import {markAncestorsForTraversal} from '../util/view_utils';
-import {InjectionToken} from '../../di/injection_token';
 import {inject} from '../../di/injector_compatibility';
 import {Injector} from '../../di/injector';
 import {assertNotInReactiveContext} from './asserts';
@@ -201,15 +200,6 @@ export interface RootEffectNode extends EffectNode {
   scheduler: EffectScheduler;
 }
 
-/**
- * Not public API, which guarantees `EffectScheduler` only ever comes from the application root
- * injector.
- */
-export const APP_EFFECT_SCHEDULER = /* @__PURE__ */ new InjectionToken('', {
-  providedIn: 'root',
-  factory: () => inject(EffectScheduler),
-});
-
 export const BASE_EFFECT_NODE: Omit<EffectNode, 'fn' | 'destroy' | 'injector' | 'notifier'> =
   /* @__PURE__ */ (() => ({
     ...REACTIVE_NODE,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/root_effect_scheduler.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/root_effect_scheduler.ts
index fcbbd368528..356995b3eb1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/root_effect_scheduler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/root_effect_scheduler.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import {ɵɵdefineInjectable} from '../../di/interface/defs';
-import {PendingTasksInternal} from '../../pending_tasks';
-import {inject} from '../../di/injector_compatibility';
 
 /**
  * Abstraction that encompasses any kind of effect that can be scheduled.