diff --git a/algorithms/Python/sorting/counting-sort.py b/algorithms/Python/sorting/counting-sort.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 44f21455..00000000
--- a/algorithms/Python/sorting/counting-sort.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-def countSort(arr):
-	output = [0 for i in range(len(arr))]
-	count = [0 for i in range(256)]
-	ans = ["" for _ in arr]
-	for i in arr:
-		count[ord(i)] += 1
-	for i in range(256):
-		count[i] += count[i-1]
-	for i in range(len(arr)):
-		output[count[ord(arr[i])]-1] = arr[i]
-		count[ord(arr[i])] -= 1
-	for i in range(len(arr)):
-		ans[i] = output[i]
-	return ans
-arr = "geeksforgeeks"
-ans = countSort(arr)
-print("Sorted character array is % s" %("".join(ans)))