diff --git a/pylsp/plugins/jedi_rename.py b/pylsp/plugins/jedi_rename.py
index 5606a881..b35e321a 100644
--- a/pylsp/plugins/jedi_rename.py
+++ b/pylsp/plugins/jedi_rename.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def pylsp_rename(config, workspace, document, position, new_name):
     except NotImplementedError as exc:
         raise Exception(
             "No support for renaming in Python 2/3.5 with Jedi. "
-            "Consider using the rope_rename plugin instead"
+            "Consider using the pylsp-rope plugin instead"
         ) from exc
     log.debug("Finished rename: %s", refactoring.get_diff())
     changes = []
diff --git a/pylsp/plugins/rope_rename.py b/pylsp/plugins/rope_rename.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e386944..00000000
--- a/pylsp/plugins/rope_rename.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2017-2020 Palantir Technologies, Inc.
-# Copyright 2021- Python Language Server Contributors.
-
-import logging
-
-from rope.base import libutils
-from rope.refactor.rename import Rename
-
-from pylsp import _utils, hookimpl, uris
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-@hookimpl
-def pylsp_settings():
-    # Default rope_rename to disabled
-    return {"plugins": {"rope_rename": {"enabled": False}}}
-
-
-@hookimpl
-def pylsp_rename(config, workspace, document, position, new_name):
-    rope_config = config.settings(document_path=document.path).get("rope", {})
-    rope_project = workspace._rope_project_builder(rope_config)
-
-    rename = Rename(
-        rope_project,
-        libutils.path_to_resource(rope_project, document.path),
-        document.offset_at_position(position),
-    )
-
-    log.debug(
-        "Executing rename of %s to %s", document.word_at_position(position), new_name
-    )
-    changeset = rename.get_changes(new_name, in_hierarchy=True, docs=True)
-    log.debug("Finished rename: %s", changeset.changes)
-    changes = []
-    for change in changeset.changes:
-        uri = uris.from_fs_path(change.resource.path)
-        doc = workspace.get_maybe_document(uri)
-        changes.append(
-            {
-                "textDocument": {"uri": uri, "version": doc.version if doc else None},
-                "edits": [
-                    {
-                        "range": {
-                            "start": {"line": 0, "character": 0},
-                            "end": {
-                                "line": _num_lines(change.resource),
-                                "character": 0,
-                            },
-                        },
-                        "newText": change.new_contents,
-                    }
-                ],
-            }
-        )
-    return {"documentChanges": changes}
-
-
-def _num_lines(resource):
-    "Count the number of lines in a `File` resource."
-    text = resource.read()
-
-    if _utils.get_eol_chars(text):
-        return len(text.splitlines())
-    return 0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4665dcbe..9dbb4bbd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ pydocstyle = "pylsp.plugins.pydocstyle_lint"
 pyflakes = "pylsp.plugins.pyflakes_lint"
 pylint = "pylsp.plugins.pylint_lint"
 rope_completion = "pylsp.plugins.rope_completion"
-rope_rename = "pylsp.plugins.rope_rename"
 rope_autoimport = "pylsp.plugins.rope_autoimport"
 yapf = "pylsp.plugins.yapf_format"
 
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_rope_rename.py b/test/plugins/test_rope_rename.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c55ead0a..00000000
--- a/test/plugins/test_rope_rename.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2017-2020 Palantir Technologies, Inc.
-# Copyright 2021- Python Language Server Contributors.
-
-import os
-
-import pytest
-
-from pylsp import uris
-from pylsp.plugins.rope_rename import pylsp_rename
-from pylsp.workspace import Document
-
-DOC_NAME = "test1.py"
-DOC = """class Test1():
-    pass
-
-class Test2(Test1):
-    pass
-"""
-
-DOC_NAME_SIMPLE = "test2.py"
-DOC_SIMPLE = "foo = 12"
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def tmp_workspace(temp_workspace_factory):
-    return temp_workspace_factory({DOC_NAME: DOC, DOC_NAME_SIMPLE: DOC_SIMPLE})
-
-
-def test_rope_rename(tmp_workspace, config):
-    position = {"line": 0, "character": 6}
-    DOC_URI = uris.from_fs_path(os.path.join(tmp_workspace.root_path, DOC_NAME))
-    doc = Document(DOC_URI, tmp_workspace)
-
-    result = pylsp_rename(config, tmp_workspace, doc, position, "ShouldBeRenamed")
-    assert len(result.keys()) == 1
-
-    changes = result.get("documentChanges")
-    assert len(changes) == 1
-    changes = changes[0]
-
-    # Note that this test differs from test_jedi_rename, because rope does not
-    # seem to modify files that haven't been opened with textDocument/didOpen.
-    assert changes.get("edits") == [
-        {
-            "range": {
-                "start": {"line": 0, "character": 0},
-                "end": {"line": 5, "character": 0},
-            },
-            "newText": "class ShouldBeRenamed():\n    pass\n\nclass Test2(ShouldBeRenamed):\n    pass\n",
-        }
-    ]
-
-    # Regression test for issue python-lsp/python-lsp-server#413
-    # rename foo
-    position = {"line": 0, "character": 0}
-    DOC_URI = uris.from_fs_path(os.path.join(tmp_workspace.root_path, DOC_NAME_SIMPLE))
-    doc = Document(DOC_URI, tmp_workspace)
-
-    result = pylsp_rename(config, tmp_workspace, doc, position, "bar")
-    assert len(result.keys()) == 1
-
-    changes = result.get("documentChanges")
-    assert len(changes) == 1
-
-    assert changes[0].get("edits") == [
-        {
-            "range": {
-                "start": {"line": 0, "character": 0},
-                "end": {"line": 0, "character": 0},
-            },
-            "newText": "bar = 12",
-        }
-    ]