diff --git a/assets.go b/assets.go
index bc48da1a5..0fb520134 100644
--- a/assets.go
+++ b/assets.go
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-
 	assetfs "github.com/elazarl/go-bindata-assetfs"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -75,23 +72,3 @@ func loadTemplate(t *template.Template, path string) *template.Template {
 
 	return t
 }
-
-func responseFromStaticFile(c *gin.Context, filepath string, contentType string) {
-	if !staticFileSystem.Exists("/", filepath) {
-		c.String(404, "Not found")
-		return
-	}
-
-	file, err := staticFileSystem.Open(filepath)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.AbortWithError(500, err)
-		return
-	}
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	_, err = buf.ReadFrom(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.AbortWithError(500, err)
-		return
-	}
-	c.Data(200, contentType, buf.Bytes())
-}