diff --git a/lib/bundler/installer.rb b/lib/bundler/installer.rb
index c2da63c822..0e91327aab 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/installer.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/installer.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ module Bundler
     end
 
     def generate_bundler_executable_stubs(spec, options = {})
+      if spec.name == "bundler"
+        Bundler.ui.warn "Bundler itself does not use binstubs because its version is selected by RubyGems"
+        return
+      end
+
       if options[:binstubs_cmd] && spec.executables.empty?
         options = {}
         spec.runtime_dependencies.each do |dep|
@@ -115,10 +120,6 @@ module Bundler
       ruby_command = Thor::Util.ruby_command
       ruby_command = ruby_command
       template_path = File.expand_path("templates/Executable", __dir__)
-      if spec.name == "bundler"
-        template_path += ".bundler"
-        spec.executables = %(bundle)
-      end
       template = File.read(template_path)
 
       exists = []
diff --git a/lib/bundler/templates/Executable b/lib/bundler/templates/Executable
index 9ff6f00898..b085c24da6 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/templates/Executable
+++ b/lib/bundler/templates/Executable
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@
 
 ENV["BUNDLE_GEMFILE"] ||= File.expand_path("<%= relative_gemfile_path %>", __dir__)
 
-bundle_binstub = File.expand_path("bundle", __dir__)
-
-if File.file?(bundle_binstub)
-  if File.read(bundle_binstub, 300).include?("This file was generated by Bundler")
-    load(bundle_binstub)
-  else
-    abort("Your `bin/bundle` was not generated by Bundler, so this binstub cannot run.
-Replace `bin/bundle` by running `bundle binstubs bundler --force`, then run this command again.")
-  end
-end
-
 require "rubygems"
 require "bundler/setup"
 
diff --git a/lib/bundler/templates/Executable.bundler b/lib/bundler/templates/Executable.bundler
deleted file mode 100644
index caa2021701..0000000000
--- a/lib/bundler/templates/Executable.bundler
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env <%= Bundler.settings[:shebang] || RbConfig::CONFIG["ruby_install_name"] %>
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-#
-# This file was generated by Bundler.
-#
-# The application '<%= executable %>' is installed as part of a gem, and
-# this file is here to facilitate running it.
-#
-
-require "rubygems"
-
-m = Module.new do
-  module_function
-
-  def invoked_as_script?
-    File.expand_path($0) == File.expand_path(__FILE__)
-  end
-
-  def env_var_version
-    ENV["BUNDLER_VERSION"]
-  end
-
-  def cli_arg_version
-    return unless invoked_as_script? # don't want to hijack other binstubs
-    return unless "update".start_with?(ARGV.first || " ") # must be running `bundle update`
-    bundler_version = nil
-    update_index = nil
-    ARGV.each_with_index do |a, i|
-      if update_index && update_index.succ == i && a.match?(Gem::Version::ANCHORED_VERSION_PATTERN)
-        bundler_version = a
-      end
-      next unless a =~ /\A--bundler(?:[= ](#{Gem::Version::VERSION_PATTERN}))?\z/
-      bundler_version = $1
-      update_index = i
-    end
-    bundler_version
-  end
-
-  def gemfile
-    gemfile = ENV["BUNDLE_GEMFILE"]
-    return gemfile if gemfile && !gemfile.empty?
-
-    File.expand_path("<%= relative_gemfile_path %>", __dir__)
-  end
-
-  def lockfile
-    lockfile =
-      case File.basename(gemfile)
-      when "gems.rb" then gemfile.sub(/\.rb$/, ".locked")
-      else "#{gemfile}.lock"
-      end
-    File.expand_path(lockfile)
-  end
-
-  def lockfile_version
-    return unless File.file?(lockfile)
-    lockfile_contents = File.read(lockfile)
-    return unless lockfile_contents =~ /\n\nBUNDLED WITH\n\s{2,}(#{Gem::Version::VERSION_PATTERN})\n/
-    Regexp.last_match(1)
-  end
-
-  def bundler_requirement
-    @bundler_requirement ||=
-      env_var_version ||
-      cli_arg_version ||
-      bundler_requirement_for(lockfile_version)
-  end
-
-  def bundler_requirement_for(version)
-    return "#{Gem::Requirement.default}.a" unless version
-
-    bundler_gem_version = Gem::Version.new(version)
-
-    bundler_gem_version.approximate_recommendation
-  end
-
-  def load_bundler!
-    ENV["BUNDLE_GEMFILE"] ||= gemfile
-
-    activate_bundler
-  end
-
-  def activate_bundler
-    gem_error = activation_error_handling do
-      gem "bundler", bundler_requirement
-    end
-    return if gem_error.nil?
-    require_error = activation_error_handling do
-      require "bundler/version"
-    end
-    return if require_error.nil? && Gem::Requirement.new(bundler_requirement).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(Bundler::VERSION))
-    warn "Activating bundler (#{bundler_requirement}) failed:\n#{gem_error.message}\n\nTo install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '#{bundler_requirement}'`"
-    exit 42
-  end
-
-  def activation_error_handling
-    yield
-    nil
-  rescue StandardError, LoadError => e
-    e
-  end
-end
-
-m.load_bundler!
-
-if m.invoked_as_script?
-  load Gem.bin_path("<%= spec.name %>", "<%= executable %>")
-end
diff --git a/spec/bundler/commands/binstubs_spec.rb b/spec/bundler/commands/binstubs_spec.rb
index 4da6dea16e..c66b9339ee 100644
--- a/spec/bundler/commands/binstubs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bundler/commands/binstubs_spec.rb
@@ -85,220 +85,6 @@ RSpec.describe "bundle binstubs <gem>" do
       expect(err).to include("Cannot specify --all with specific gems")
     end
 
-    context "when generating bundle binstub outside bundler" do
-      it "should abort" do
-        install_gemfile <<-G
-          source "https://gem.repo1"
-          gem "myrack"
-        G
-
-        bundle "binstubs myrack"
-
-        File.open(bundled_app("bin/bundle"), "wb") do |file|
-          file.print "OMG"
-        end
-
-        sys_exec "bin/myrackup", raise_on_error: false
-
-        expect(err).to include("was not generated by Bundler")
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "the bundle binstub" do
-      before do
-        pristine_system_gems "bundler-#{system_bundler_version}"
-        build_repo2 do
-          build_gem "myrack", "1.2" do |s|
-            s.executables = "myrackup"
-          end
-
-          build_gem "prints_loaded_gems", "1.0" do |s|
-            s.executables = "print_loaded_gems"
-            s.bindir = "exe"
-            s.write "exe/print_loaded_gems", <<~R
-              #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-              specs = Gem.loaded_specs.values.reject {|s| s.default_gem? }
-              puts specs.map(&:full_name).sort.inspect
-            R
-          end
-
-          build_bundler locked_bundler_version
-        end
-        install_gemfile <<-G
-          source "https://gem.repo2"
-          gem "myrack"
-          gem "prints_loaded_gems"
-        G
-        bundle "binstubs bundler myrack prints_loaded_gems"
-      end
-
-      let(:system_bundler_version) { Bundler::VERSION }
-      let(:locked_bundler_version) { nil }
-      let(:lockfile_content) { lockfile.gsub(system_bundler_version, locked_bundler_version) }
-
-      it "runs bundler" do
-        bundle "install --verbose", bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-        expect(out).to include %(Using bundler #{system_bundler_version}\n)
-      end
-
-      context "when BUNDLER_VERSION is set" do
-        it "runs the correct version of bundler" do
-          bundle "install", env: { "BUNDLER_VERSION" => "999.999.999" }, raise_on_error: false, bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-          expect(exitstatus).to eq(42)
-          expect(err).to include("Activating bundler (999.999.999) failed:").
-            and include("To install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '999.999.999'`")
-        end
-
-        it "runs the correct version of bundler even if a higher version is installed" do
-          system_gems "bundler-999.999.998", "bundler-999.999.999"
-
-          bundle "install --verbose", env: { "BUNDLER_VERSION" => "999.999.998" }, raise_on_error: false, bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-          expect(out).to include %(Using bundler 999.999.998\n)
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "when a lockfile exists with a locked bundler version" do
-        let(:locked_bundler_version) { "999.999" }
-
-        context "and the version is newer" do
-          before do
-            lockfile lockfile_content
-          end
-
-          it "runs the correct version of bundler" do
-            bundle "install", raise_on_error: false, bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-            expect(exitstatus).to eq(42)
-            expect(err).to include("Activating bundler (~> 999.999) failed:").
-              and include("To install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '~> 999.999'`")
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "and the version is newer when given `gems.rb` and `gems.locked`" do
-          before do
-            gemfile bundled_app("gems.rb"), gemfile
-            lockfile bundled_app("gems.locked"), lockfile_content
-          end
-
-          it "runs the correct version of bundler" do
-            bundle "install", env: { "BUNDLE_GEMFILE" => "gems.rb" }, raise_on_error: false, bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-
-            expect(exitstatus).to eq(42)
-            expect(err).to include("Activating bundler (~> 999.999) failed:").
-              and include("To install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '~> 999.999'`")
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "and the version is older and a different major" do
-          let(:system_bundler_version) { "55" }
-          let(:locked_bundler_version) { "44" }
-
-          before do
-            lockfile lockfile_content
-          end
-
-          it "runs the correct version of bundler" do
-            bundle "install", raise_on_error: false, bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-            expect(exitstatus).to eq(42)
-            expect(err).to include("Activating bundler (~> 44.0) failed:").
-              and include("To install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '~> 44.0'`")
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "and the version is older and a different major when given `gems.rb` and `gems.locked`" do
-          let(:system_bundler_version) { "55" }
-          let(:locked_bundler_version) { "44" }
-
-          before do
-            gemfile bundled_app("gems.rb"), gemfile
-            lockfile bundled_app("gems.locked"), lockfile_content
-          end
-
-          it "runs the correct version of bundler" do
-            bundle "install", env: { "BUNDLE_GEMFILE" => "gems.rb" }, raise_on_error: false, bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-            expect(exitstatus).to eq(42)
-            expect(err).to include("Activating bundler (~> 44.0) failed:").
-              and include("To install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '~> 44.0'`")
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "and the version is older and the same major" do
-          let(:system_bundler_version) { "2.999.999" }
-          let(:locked_bundler_version) { "2.3.0" }
-
-          before do
-            lockfile lockfile_content
-          end
-
-          it "installs and runs the exact version of bundler" do
-            bundle "install --verbose", bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-            expect(exitstatus).not_to eq(42)
-            expect(out).to include("Bundler 2.999.999 is running, but your lockfile was generated with 2.3.0. Installing Bundler 2.3.0 and restarting using that version.")
-            expect(out).to include("Using bundler 2.3.0")
-            expect(err).not_to include("Activating bundler (~> 2.3.0) failed:")
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "and the version is a pre-releaser" do
-          let(:system_bundler_version) { "55" }
-          let(:locked_bundler_version) { "2.12.0.a" }
-
-          before do
-            lockfile lockfile_content
-          end
-
-          it "runs the correct version of bundler when the version is a pre-release" do
-            bundle "install", raise_on_error: false, bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-            expect(exitstatus).to eq(42)
-            expect(err).to include("Activating bundler (~> 2.12.a) failed:").
-              and include("To install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '~> 2.12.a'`")
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "when update --bundler is called" do
-        it "calls through to the latest bundler version" do
-          bundle "update --bundler --verbose", bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-          using_bundler_line = /Using bundler ([\w\.]+)\n/.match(out)
-          expect(using_bundler_line).to_not be_nil
-          latest_version = using_bundler_line[1]
-          expect(Gem::Version.new(latest_version)).to be >= Gem::Version.new(system_bundler_version)
-        end
-
-        it "calls through to the explicit bundler version" do
-          bundle "update --bundler=999.999.999", raise_on_error: false, bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-          expect(exitstatus).to eq(42)
-          expect(err).to include("Activating bundler (999.999.999) failed:").
-            and include("To install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '999.999.999'`")
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "without a lockfile" do
-        it "falls back to the latest installed bundler" do
-          FileUtils.rm bundled_app_lock
-          bundle "install --verbose", bundle_bin: "bin/bundle"
-          expect(out).to include "Using bundler #{system_bundler_version}\n"
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "using another binstub" do
-        it "loads all gems" do
-          sys_exec bundled_app("bin/print_loaded_gems").to_s
-          expect(out).to eq %(["bundler-#{Bundler::VERSION}", "myrack-1.2", "prints_loaded_gems-1.0"])
-        end
-
-        context "when requesting a different bundler version" do
-          before { lockfile lockfile.gsub(Bundler::VERSION, "999.999.999") }
-
-          it "attempts to load that version" do
-            sys_exec bundled_app("bin/myrackup").to_s, raise_on_error: false
-            expect(exitstatus).to eq(42)
-            expect(err).to include("Activating bundler (~> 999.999) failed:").
-              and include("To install the version of bundler this project requires, run `gem install bundler -v '~> 999.999'`")
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     it "installs binstubs from git gems" do
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(lib_path("foo/bin"))
       FileUtils.touch(lib_path("foo/bin/foo"))
diff --git a/spec/bundler/runtime/executable_spec.rb b/spec/bundler/runtime/executable_spec.rb
index cf57805708..a4226ed51e 100644
--- a/spec/bundler/runtime/executable_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bundler/runtime/executable_spec.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ RSpec.describe "Running bin/* commands" do
     expect(out).to eq("1.0")
   end
 
-  it "creates a bundle binstub" do
+  it "does not create a bundle binstub" do
     gemfile <<-G
       source "https://gem.repo1"
       gem "bundler"
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ RSpec.describe "Running bin/* commands" do
 
     bundle "binstubs bundler"
 
-    expect(bundled_app("bin/bundle")).to exist
+    expect(bundled_app("bin/bundle")).not_to exist
+
+    expect(err).to include("Bundler itself does not use binstubs because its version is selected by RubyGems")
   end
 
   it "does not generate bin stubs if the option was not specified" do