diff --git a/experiments/ClimaEarth/run_amip.jl b/experiments/ClimaEarth/run_amip.jl
index 209de995c..99fb2069c 100644
--- a/experiments/ClimaEarth/run_amip.jl
+++ b/experiments/ClimaEarth/run_amip.jl
@@ -174,19 +174,16 @@ original sources.
 =#
 include(joinpath(pkgdir(ClimaCoupler), "artifacts", "artifact_funcs.jl"))
 
-if Utilities.artifact_exists("historical_sst_sic")
-    sst_data =
-        joinpath(@clima_artifact("historical_sst_sic", comms_ctx), "MODEL.SST.HAD187001-198110.OI198111-202206.nc")
-    sic_data =
-        joinpath(@clima_artifact("historical_sst_sic", comms_ctx), "MODEL.ICE.HAD187001-198110.OI198111-202206.nc")
-else
-    ClimaComms.iamroot(comms_ctx) &&
-        @warn "Using lowres sst sic. If you want the higher resolution version, you have to obtain it from ClimaArtifacts"
-    sst_data = joinpath(
+sst_data, sic_data = try
+    joinpath(@clima_artifact("historical_sst_sic", comms_ctx), "MODEL.SST.HAD187001-198110.OI198111-202206.nc"),
+    joinpath(@clima_artifact("historical_sst_sic", comms_ctx), "MODEL.ICE.HAD187001-198110.OI198111-202206.nc")
+catch error
+    @warn "Using lowres sst sic. If you want the higher resolution version, you have to obtain it from ClimaArtifacts"
+    joinpath(
         @clima_artifact("historical_sst_sic_lowres", comms_ctx),
         "MODEL.SST.HAD187001-198110.OI198111-202206_lowres.nc",
-    )
-    sic_data = joinpath(
+    ),
+    joinpath(
         @clima_artifact("historical_sst_sic_lowres", comms_ctx),
         "MODEL.ICE.HAD187001-198110.OI198111-202206_lowres.nc",
     )
diff --git a/src/Utilities.jl b/src/Utilities.jl
index abb0a7104..3d4989827 100644
--- a/src/Utilities.jl
+++ b/src/Utilities.jl
@@ -13,24 +13,6 @@ import Logging
 
 export swap_space!
 
-"""
-    artifact_exists(name)
-
-Return whether the artifact with the given name exists and is available to use.
-"""
-function artifact_exists(name)
-    # There seems to be no easy way to determine if an artifact exists from the name
-    # only...
-    return try
-        # We need to macroexpand because we only want to resolve @artifact_str when
-        # we call this function
-        @macroexpand Artifacts.@artifact_str(name)
-        true
-    catch error
-        false
-    end
-end
-
 """
     swap_space!(space_out::CC.Spaces.AbstractSpace, field_in::CC.Fields.Field)