diff --git a/protocol/connections/engine.go b/protocol/connections/engine.go
index 3ba557a..3b1e413 100644
--- a/protocol/connections/engine.go
+++ b/protocol/connections/engine.go
@@ -525,13 +525,6 @@ func (e *engine) sendRetValToPeer(eventID, onion, val, existsStr string) error {
 	return e.sendPeerMessage(onion, pmodel.PeerMessage{ID: eventID, Context: event.ContextRetVal, Data: message})
 }
 
-func (e *engine) deleteConnection(id string) {
-	conn, err := e.service.GetConnection(id)
-	if err == nil {
-		conn.Close()
-	}
-}
-
 // receiveGroupMessage is a callback function that processes GroupMessages from a given server
 func (e *engine) receiveGroupMessage(server string, gm *groups.EncryptedGroupMessage) {
 	// Publish Event so that a Profile Engine can deal with it.