diff --git a/src/visitors/visitor_utils.hpp b/src/visitors/visitor_utils.hpp
index aa89d3b84..97d8fa0d3 100644
--- a/src/visitors/visitor_utils.hpp
+++ b/src/visitors/visitor_utils.hpp
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<ast::StatementBlock> create_statement_block(
     const std::vector<std::string>& code_statements);
 
 
-///  Remove statements from given statement block if they exist
-void remove_statements_from_block(ast::StatementBlock& block,
-                                  const std::set<ast::Node*>& statements);
-
-
 /// Return set of strings with the names of all global variables
 std::set<std::string> get_global_vars(const ast::Program& node);