diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/core/ResolutionProcess.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/core/ResolutionProcess.scala
index 9ccf4e557..195b237ec 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/core/ResolutionProcess.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/core/ResolutionProcess.scala
@@ -64,22 +64,6 @@ final case class Missing(
   cont: Resolution => ResolutionProcess
 ) extends ResolutionProcess {
 
-  def uniqueModules: Missing = {
-
-    // only try to fetch a single version of a given module in a same iteration, so that resolutions for different
-    // versions don't try to download the same URL in the same iteration, which the coursier.Cache.Logger API doesn't
-    // allow
-
-    val missing0 = missing.groupBy(_._1).toSeq.map(_._2).map {
-      case Seq(v) => v
-      case Seq() => sys.error("Cannot happen")
-      case v =>
-        v.maxBy { case (_, v0) => Version(v0) }
-    }
-
-    copy(missing = missing0)
-  }
-
   def next(results: Fetch.MD): ResolutionProcess = {
 
     val errors = results.collect {
@@ -136,7 +120,7 @@ final case class Missing(
 
         Continue(res0, cont)
       } else
-        Missing(depMgmtMissing.toSeq, res, cont0).uniqueModules
+        Missing(depMgmtMissing.toSeq, res, cont0)
     }
 
     val current0 = current.copyWithCache(
@@ -174,7 +158,7 @@ object ResolutionProcess {
     if (resolution0.isDone)
       Done(resolution0)
     else
-      Missing(resolution0.missingFromCache.toSeq, resolution0, apply).uniqueModules
+      Missing(resolution0.missingFromCache.toSeq, resolution0, apply)
   }
 }