diff --git a/skimage/_shared/utils.py b/skimage/_shared/utils.py
index ae82bfbc..5e2f7785 100644
--- a/skimage/_shared/utils.py
+++ b/skimage/_shared/utils.py
@@ -57,38 +57,6 @@ class deprecated(object):
         return wrapped
 
 
-class cached_property(object):
-    """Decorator to use a function as a cached property.
-
-    The function is only called the first time and each successive call returns
-    the cached result of the first call.
-
-        class Foo(object):
-
-            @cached_property
-            def foo(self):
-                return "Cached"
-
-    Adapted from <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDecoratorLibrary>.
-
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, func, name=None, doc=None):
-        self.__name__ = name or func.__name__
-        self.__module__ = func.__module__
-        self.__doc__ = doc or func.__doc__
-        self.func = func
-
-    def __get__(self, obj, type=None):
-        if obj is None:
-            return self
-        value = obj.__dict__.get(self.__name__, _missing)
-        if value is _missing:
-            value = self.func(obj)
-            obj.__dict__[self.__name__] = value
-        return value
-
-
 def get_bound_method_class(m):
     """Return the class for a bound method.