diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 7a8aa10d..ee5b0c7f 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Internal
 ---------
 * Improve test coverage for DSN variable expansion.
 * Test on all platforms in the Publish GitHub Action.
+* Remove unused support for writing `.mylogin.cnf` files.
 
 
 1.76.0 (2026/06/20)
diff --git a/mycli/config.py b/mycli/config.py
index 1053d50e..b42f2b92 100644
--- a/mycli/config.py
+++ b/mycli/config.py
@@ -138,56 +138,6 @@ def open_mylogin_cnf(name: str) -> TextIOWrapper | None:
     return TextIOWrapper(plaintext)
 
 
-# TODO reuse code between encryption an decryption
-def encrypt_mylogin_cnf(plaintext: IO[str]) -> BytesIO:
-    """Encryption of .mylogin.cnf file, analogous to calling
-    mysql_config_editor.
-
-    Code is based on the python implementation by Kristian Koehntopp
-    https://github.com/isotopp/mysql-config-coder
-
-    """
-
-    def realkey(key: bytes) -> bytes:
-        """Create the AES key from the login key."""
-        rkey = bytearray(16)
-        for i in range(len(key)):
-            rkey[i % 16] ^= key[i]
-        return bytes(rkey)
-
-    def encode_line(plaintext: str, real_key: bytes, buf_len: int) -> bytes:
-        aes = AES.new(real_key, AES.MODE_ECB)
-        text_len = len(plaintext)
-        pad_len = buf_len - text_len
-        pad_chr = bytes(chr(pad_len), "utf8")
-        plaintext_b = plaintext.encode() + pad_chr * pad_len
-        encrypted_text = b"".join([aes.encrypt(plaintext_b[i : i + 16]) for i in range(0, len(plaintext_b), 16)])
-        return encrypted_text
-
-    LOGIN_KEY_LENGTH = 20
-    key = os.urandom(LOGIN_KEY_LENGTH)
-    real_key = realkey(key)
-
-    outfile = BytesIO()
-
-    outfile.write(struct.pack("i", 0))
-    outfile.write(key)
-
-    while True:
-        line = plaintext.readline()
-        if not line:
-            break
-        real_len = len(line)
-        pad_len = (int(real_len / 16) + 1) * 16
-
-        outfile.write(struct.pack("i", pad_len))
-        x = encode_line(line, real_key, pad_len)
-        outfile.write(x)
-
-    outfile.seek(0)
-    return outfile
-
-
 def read_and_decrypt_mylogin_cnf(f: BinaryIO) -> BytesIO | None:
     """Read and decrypt the contents of .mylogin.cnf.
 
diff --git a/test/features/connection.feature b/test/features/connection.feature
index eb54e02b..04d041d3 100644
--- a/test/features/connection.feature
+++ b/test/features/connection.feature
@@ -21,10 +21,3 @@ Feature: connect to a database:
     When we run mycli without arguments "host port"
       When we query "status"
       Then status contains "via UNIX socket"
-
-  Scenario: run mycli with mylogin.cnf configuration
-    When we create mylogin.cnf file
-    When we run mycli with arguments "login_path=test_login_path" without arguments "host port user pass defaults_file"
-      Then we are logged in
-
-
diff --git a/test/features/steps/connection.py b/test/features/steps/connection.py
index 732a0938..74df2883 100644
--- a/test/features/steps/connection.py
+++ b/test/features/steps/connection.py
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 # type: ignore
 
-import io
-import os
-
 from behave import then, when
 import wrappers
 
-from mycli.config import encrypt_mylogin_cnf
-from test.features.environment import MYLOGIN_CNF_PATH, get_db_name_from_context
+from test.features.environment import get_db_name_from_context
 from test.features.steps.utils import parse_cli_args_to_dict
-from test.utils import HOST, PASSWORD, PORT, USER
 
 TEST_LOGIN_PATH = "test_login_path"
 
@@ -31,15 +26,6 @@ def status_contains(context, expression):
     context.atprompt = True
 
 
-@when("we create mylogin.cnf file")
-def step_create_mylogin_cnf_file(context):
-    os.environ.pop("MYSQL_TEST_LOGIN_FILE", None)
-    mylogin_cnf = f"[{TEST_LOGIN_PATH}]\nhost = {HOST}\nport = {PORT}\nuser = {USER}\npassword = {PASSWORD}\n"
-    with open(MYLOGIN_CNF_PATH, "wb") as f:
-        input_file = io.StringIO(mylogin_cnf)
-        f.write(encrypt_mylogin_cnf(input_file).read())
-
-
 @then("we are logged in")
 def we_are_logged_in(context):
     db_name = get_db_name_from_context(context)
diff --git a/test/pytests/test_config.py b/test/pytests/test_config.py
index b51717bd..3abc1cce 100644
--- a/test/pytests/test_config.py
+++ b/test/pytests/test_config.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from mycli.config import (
     _remove_pad,
     create_default_config,
-    encrypt_mylogin_cnf,
     get_mylogin_cnf_path,
     log,
     open_mylogin_cnf,
@@ -244,16 +243,6 @@ def test_open_mylogin_cnf_error_paths(monkeypatch, tmp_path, caplog) -> None:
     assert 'Unable to read login path file.' in caplog.text
 
 
-def test_encrypt_mylogin_cnf_round_trip() -> None:
-    plaintext = StringIO('[client]\nuser=test\npassword=secret\n')
-
-    encrypted = encrypt_mylogin_cnf(plaintext)
-    decrypted = read_and_decrypt_mylogin_cnf(encrypted)
-
-    assert isinstance(encrypted, BytesIO)
-    assert decrypted.read().decode('utf8') == '[client]\nuser=test\npassword=secret\n'
-
-
 def test_read_and_decrypt_mylogin_cnf_error_branches(caplog) -> None:
     incomplete_key = BytesIO(struct.pack('i', 0) + b'a')
     with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR, logger='mycli.config'):