diff --git a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/Labware.css b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/Labware.css
deleted file mode 100644
index a5a3c3db224..00000000000
--- a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/Labware.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-@import '..';
-
-.fallback_plate_text {
-  height: 100%;
-  width: 100%;
-  font-size: var(--fs-body-1);
-  font-style: italic;
-  color: gray;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  justify-content: space-around;
-  align-items: center;
-}
-
-.labware_outline {
-  fill: var(--c-white);
-  stroke: var(--c-black);
-}
-
-.tiprack_outline {
-  fill: var(--c-plate-bg);
-  stroke: var(--c-charcoal);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/LabwareNameOverlay.tsx b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/LabwareNameOverlay.tsx
index d199e118dcb..72ffa5ab43f 100644
--- a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/LabwareNameOverlay.tsx
+++ b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/LabwareNameOverlay.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export interface LabwareNameOverlayProps {
   className?: string
 }
 
+/** @deprecated use LabwareDisplayName or custom RobotCoordsForeignDiv */
 export function LabwareNameOverlay(
   props: LabwareNameOverlayProps
 ): JSX.Element {
diff --git a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/ModuleViz.css b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/ModuleViz.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d8941b018..00000000000
--- a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/ModuleViz.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-@import '..';
-
-.module_viz {
-  rx: 6;
-  stroke: var(--c-plate-bg);
-  stroke-width: 1;
-  fill: var(--c-lightest-gray);
-}
-
-.module_slot_area {
-  fill: transparent;
-  stroke: var(--c-plate-bg);
-  stroke-width: 2;
-  stroke-dasharray: 8 4;
-}
-
-.module_slot_text {
-  fill: var(--c-plate-bg);
-}
diff --git a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/ModuleViz.tsx b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/ModuleViz.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bf4f71d383..00000000000
--- a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/ModuleViz.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import * as React from 'react'
-import styles from './ModuleViz.css'
-import { getModuleVizDims, ModuleType } from '@opentrons/shared-data'
-
-interface Props {
-  x: number
-  y: number
-  orientation: 'left' | 'right'
-  moduleType: ModuleType
-}
-
-export const ModuleViz = (props: Props): JSX.Element => {
-  const moduleType = props.moduleType
-  const {
-    xOffset,
-    yOffset,
-    xDimension,
-    yDimension,
-    childXOffset,
-    childYOffset,
-    childXDimension,
-    childYDimension,
-  } = getModuleVizDims(props.orientation, moduleType)
-
-  return (
-    <g data-test={`ModuleViz_${moduleType}`}>
-      <rect
-        x={props.x + xOffset}
-        y={props.y + yOffset}
-        height={yDimension}
-        width={xDimension}
-        className={styles.module_viz}
-      />
-      <rect
-        x={props.x + childXOffset}
-        y={props.y + childYOffset}
-        height={childYDimension}
-        width={childXDimension}
-        className={styles.module_slot_area}
-      />
-    </g>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/Well.css b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/Well.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ab048b0a6a..00000000000
--- a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/Well.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-@import '@opentrons/components';
-
-/* Well fill contents, the "bottom layer" */
-
-.well_fill {
-  fill: currentColor;
-}
-
-/* Styles for border + overlay, the "top layer" */
-
-.well_border {
-  stroke-width: 0.4;
-  stroke: var(--c-black);
-  fill: transparent;
-}
-
-.selected {
-  stroke-width: 1;
-  stroke: var(--c-highlight);
-  fill: color-mod(var(--c-highlight) alpha(20%));
-}
-
-.highlighted {
-  stroke-width: 1;
-  stroke: var(--c-highlight);
-  fill: transparent;
-}
-
-.error {
-  stroke-width: 1;
-  stroke: var(--c-red);
-}
-
-/* Tip-specific */
-
-.tip_border {
-  stroke-width: 0.6;
-  stroke: var(--c-near-black);
-  fill: transparent;
-}
-
-.empty_tip {
-  fill: color-mod(var(--c-charcoal) alpha(40%));
-}
-
-.tip_fill {
-  fill: var(--c-white);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/constants.ts b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/constants.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0510e32e210..00000000000
--- a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/constants.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// @deprecated TODO: remove final usage of this in PD and replace with deck definition accessor
-export const sortedSlotnames = [
-  '1',
-  '2',
-  '3',
-  '4',
-  '5',
-  '6',
-  '7',
-  '8',
-  '9',
-  '10',
-  '11',
-  '12',
-]
diff --git a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/index.ts b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/index.ts
index a258942f94f..7caf9ec14f5 100644
--- a/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/index.ts
+++ b/components/src/legacy-hardware-sim/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export * from './constants'
 export * from './LabwareNameOverlay'
-export * from './ModuleViz' // legacy PD module rendering
 export * from './ModuleItem' // legacy App module rendering
diff --git a/protocol-designer/src/labware-defs/utils.ts b/protocol-designer/src/labware-defs/utils.ts
index 8963bb8a826..d7dbe8cb71f 100644
--- a/protocol-designer/src/labware-defs/utils.ts
+++ b/protocol-designer/src/labware-defs/utils.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,32 @@ import {
 } from '@opentrons/shared-data'
 import { LabwareDefByDefURI } from './types'
 
+
+// require all definitions in the labware/definitions/1 directory
+// require.context is webpack-specific method
+const labwareSchemaV1DefsContext = require.context(
+  '@opentrons/shared-data/labware/definitions/1',
+  true, // traverse subdirectories
+  /\.json$/, // import filter
+  'sync' // load every definition into one synchronous chunk
+)
+let labwareSchemaV1Defs: Readonly<LabwareDefinition1[]> | null = null
+function getLegacyLabwareDefs(): Readonly<LabwareDefinition1[]> {
+  if (!labwareSchemaV1Defs) {
+    labwareSchemaV1Defs = labwareSchemaV1DefsContext
+      .keys()
+      .map((name: string) => labwareSchemaV1DefsContext(name))
+  }
+
+  return labwareSchemaV1Defs as Readonly<LabwareDefinition1[]>
+}
+export function getLegacyLabwareDef(
+  loadName: string | null | undefined
+): LabwareDefinition1 | null {
+  const def = getLegacyLabwareDefs().find(d => d.metadata.name === loadName)
+  return def || null
+}
+
 // TODO: Ian 2019-04-11 getAllDefinitions also exists (differently) in labware-library,
 // should reconcile differences & make a general util fn imported from shared-data
 // require all definitions in the labware/definitions/2 directory
diff --git a/protocol-designer/src/load-file/migration/1_1_0.ts b/protocol-designer/src/load-file/migration/1_1_0.ts
index 13e28d4fd87..5eb8a2e217a 100644
--- a/protocol-designer/src/load-file/migration/1_1_0.ts
+++ b/protocol-designer/src/load-file/migration/1_1_0.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import mapValues from 'lodash/mapValues'
 import omit from 'lodash/omit'
 import omitBy from 'lodash/omitBy'
 import flow from 'lodash/flow'
-import { getLabwareV1Def, getPipetteNameSpecs } from '@opentrons/shared-data'
+import { getPipetteNameSpecs } from '@opentrons/shared-data'
 import {
   FileLabware,
   FilePipette,
   ProtocolFile,
 } from '@opentrons/shared-data/protocol/types/schemaV1'
+import { getLegacyLabwareDef } from '../../labware-defs/utils'
 import { FormPatch } from '../../steplist/actions'
 import { FormData } from '../../form-types'
 export interface PDMetadata {
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ function getPipetteCapacityLegacy(
   }
   // @ts-expect-error unable to cast type string from manipulation above to type PipetteName
   const specs = getPipetteNameSpecs(pipetteName)
-  const tiprackDef = getLabwareV1Def(pipette.tiprackModel)
+  const tiprackDef = getLegacyLabwareDef(pipette.tiprackModel)
 
   if (specs && tiprackDef && tiprackDef.metadata.tipVolume) {
     return Math.min(specs.maxVolume, tiprackDef.metadata.tipVolume)
diff --git a/shared-data/js/getLabware.ts b/shared-data/js/getLabware.ts
index 4ed1aa26c58..74678b91885 100644
--- a/shared-data/js/getLabware.ts
+++ b/shared-data/js/getLabware.ts
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ export const PD_DO_NOT_LIST = [
   'opentrons_96_aluminumblock_nest_wellplate_100ul',
 ]
 
-export function getLabwareV1Def(
-  labwareName: string
-): LabwareDefinition1 | null | undefined {
-  const labware: LabwareDefinition1 | null | undefined =
-    // @ts-expect-error(mc, 2021-04-27): make lookup more strict or remove v1 defs entirely
-    definitions[labwareName]
-  return labware
-}
-
 export function getIsLabwareV1Tiprack(def: LabwareDefinition1): boolean {
   return Boolean(def?.metadata?.isTiprack)
 }