diff --git a/lib/web/servers.go b/lib/web/servers.go
index bad2b38a6fb21..8babf48dbb1bf 100644
--- a/lib/web/servers.go
+++ b/lib/web/servers.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/types"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/httplib"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/reversetunnelclient"
-	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/services"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/ui"
 	webui "github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/web/ui"
 )
@@ -323,25 +322,6 @@ func (h *Handler) desktopIsActive(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p http
 	return desktopIsActive{false}, nil
 }
 
-func getDatabaseUsersAndNames(accessChecker services.AccessChecker) (dbNames []string, dbUsers []string, err error) {
-	dbNames, dbUsers, err = accessChecker.CheckDatabaseNamesAndUsers(0, true /* force ttl override*/)
-	if err != nil {
-		// if NotFound error:
-		// This user cannot request database access, has no assigned database names or users
-		//
-		// Every other error should be reported upstream.
-		if !trace.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return nil, nil, trace.Wrap(err)
-		}
-
-		// We proceed with an empty list of DBUsers and DBNames
-		dbUsers = []string{}
-		dbNames = []string{}
-	}
-
-	return dbNames, dbUsers, nil
-}
-
 type desktopIsActive struct {
 	Active bool `json:"active"`
 }