diff --git a/contrib/sparse-checkout/setup-sparse-checkout.sh b/contrib/sparse-checkout/setup-sparse-checkout.sh
index 3feba6c5adf..c728a03e35e 100755
--- a/contrib/sparse-checkout/setup-sparse-checkout.sh
+++ b/contrib/sparse-checkout/setup-sparse-checkout.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ git config submodule."contrib/llvm-project".update '!../sparse-checkout/update-l
 git config submodule."contrib/croaring".update '!../sparse-checkout/update-croaring.sh'
 git config submodule."contrib/aws".update '!../sparse-checkout/update-aws.sh'
 git config submodule."contrib/openssl".update '!../sparse-checkout/update-openssl.sh'
-git config submodule."contrib/boringssl".update '!../sparse-checkout/update-boringssl.sh'
 git config submodule."contrib/arrow".update '!../sparse-checkout/update-arrow.sh'
 git config submodule."contrib/grpc".update '!../sparse-checkout/update-grpc.sh'
 git config submodule."contrib/orc".update '!../sparse-checkout/update-orc.sh'
diff --git a/contrib/sparse-checkout/update-boringssl.sh b/contrib/sparse-checkout/update-boringssl.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f877a78afed..00000000000
--- a/contrib/sparse-checkout/update-boringssl.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-echo "Using sparse checkout for boringsll"
-
-FILES_TO_CHECKOUT=$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/info/sparse-checkout
-echo '/*' > $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
-echo '!/fuzz/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
-echo '!/crypto/cipher_extra/test/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
-echo '!/third_party/wycheproof_testvectors/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
-echo '!/third_party/googletest/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
-
-git config core.sparsecheckout true
-git checkout $1
-git read-tree -mu HEAD
diff --git a/contrib/sparse-checkout/update-openssl.sh b/contrib/sparse-checkout/update-openssl.sh
index 33e19f43cb7..52949a6f694 100755
--- a/contrib/sparse-checkout/update-openssl.sh
+++ b/contrib/sparse-checkout/update-openssl.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ echo '/*' > $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
 echo '!/fuzz/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
 echo '!/test/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
 echo '!/doc/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
-echo '!/providers/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
 echo '!/apps/*' >> $FILES_TO_CHECKOUT
 
 git config core.sparsecheckout true