diff --git a/internal/servers/repository_worker.go b/internal/servers/repository_worker.go
index 965f2a0208..58a254d17b 100644
--- a/internal/servers/repository_worker.go
+++ b/internal/servers/repository_worker.go
@@ -10,6 +10,46 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/types/scope"
 )
 
+// DeleteWorker will delete a worker from the repository.
+func (r *Repository) DeleteWorker(ctx context.Context, publicId string, _ ...Option) (int, error) {
+	const op = "servers.(Repository).DeleteWorker"
+	if publicId == "" {
+		return db.NoRowsAffected, errors.New(ctx, errors.InvalidParameter, op, "missing public id")
+	}
+	worker := allocWorker()
+	worker.Worker.PublicId = publicId
+
+	var rowsDeleted int
+	_, err := r.writer.DoTx(
+		ctx,
+		db.StdRetryCnt,
+		db.ExpBackoff{},
+		func(_ db.Reader, w db.Writer) error {
+			deleteWorker := worker.clone()
+			var err error
+			rowsDeleted, err = w.Delete(
+				ctx,
+				deleteWorker,
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrap(ctx, err, op)
+			}
+			if rowsDeleted > 1 {
+				// return err, which will result in a rollback of the delete
+				return errors.New(ctx, errors.MultipleRecords, op, "more than 1 resource would have been deleted")
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return db.NoRowsAffected, errors.Wrap(ctx, err, op, errors.WithMsg(fmt.Sprintf("failed for %s", publicId)))
+	}
+	if rowsDeleted == 0 {
+		return db.NoRowsAffected, errors.Wrap(ctx, err, op, errors.WithMsg(fmt.Sprintf("delete failed for worker with workerId: %s", publicId)))
+	}
+	return rowsDeleted, nil
+}
+
 // ListWorkers is a passthrough to listWorkersWithReader that uses the repo's normal reader.
 func (r *Repository) ListWorkers(ctx context.Context, opt ...Option) ([]*Worker, error) {
 	return r.listWorkersWithReader(ctx, r.reader, opt...)
diff --git a/internal/servers/repository_worker_test.go b/internal/servers/repository_worker_test.go
index 2f47b4666b..bffd4ba9c4 100644
--- a/internal/servers/repository_worker_test.go
+++ b/internal/servers/repository_worker_test.go
@@ -13,10 +13,87 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/servers"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/servers/store"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/types/scope"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-dbw"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+func TestDeleteWorker(t *testing.T) {
+	conn, _ := db.TestSetup(t, "postgres")
+	rw := db.New(conn)
+	wrapper := db.TestWrapper(t)
+	kms := kms.TestKms(t, conn, wrapper)
+	repo, err := servers.NewRepository(rw, rw, kms)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	type args struct {
+		worker *servers.Worker
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name            string
+		args            args
+		wantRowsDeleted int
+		wantErr         bool
+		wantErrMsg      string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid",
+			args: args{
+				worker: servers.TestWorker(t, conn, wrapper),
+			},
+			wantRowsDeleted: 1,
+			wantErr:         false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no-public-id",
+			args: args{
+				worker: func() *servers.Worker {
+					w := servers.Worker{Worker: &store.Worker{}}
+					return &w
+				}(),
+			},
+			wantRowsDeleted: 0,
+			wantErr:         true,
+			wantErrMsg:      "servers.(Repository).DeleteWorker: missing public id: parameter violation: error #100",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "not-found",
+			args: args{
+				worker: func() *servers.Worker {
+					w := servers.Worker{Worker: &store.Worker{}}
+					id, err := db.NewPublicId("w")
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					w.PublicId = id
+					return &w
+				}(),
+			},
+			wantRowsDeleted: 0,
+			wantErr:         true,
+			wantErrMsg:      "servers.(Repository).DeleteWorker: Delete failed for worker with workerId:",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert := assert.New(t)
+			deletedRows, err := repo.DeleteWorker(ctx, tt.args.worker.Worker.PublicId)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				assert.Error(err)
+				assert.Equal(0, deletedRows)
+				assert.Contains(err.Error(), tt.wantErrMsg)
+
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(err)
+			assert.Equal(tt.wantRowsDeleted, deletedRows)
+
+			// Validate that the worker no longer exists
+			err = rw.LookupByPublicId(ctx, tt.args.worker)
+			assert.ErrorIs(err, dbw.ErrRecordNotFound)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestUpsertWorkerStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	conn, _ := db.TestSetup(t, "postgres")
 	rw := db.New(conn)
diff --git a/internal/servers/worker.go b/internal/servers/worker.go
index b232e07a75..bfa218d4c8 100644
--- a/internal/servers/worker.go
+++ b/internal/servers/worker.go
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ func NewWorker(scopeId string, opt ...Option) *Worker {
 	}
 }
 
+// allocWorker will allocate a Worker
+func allocWorker() Worker {
+	return Worker{Worker: &store.Worker{}}
+}
+
 func (w *Worker) clone() *Worker {
 	if w == nil {
 		return nil