diff --git a/src/swupd.h b/src/swupd.h
index 2f3a8b3bf..ac036f19a 100644
--- a/src/swupd.h
+++ b/src/swupd.h
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ extern bool verify_file(struct file *file, char *filename);
 extern bool verify_file_lazy(char *filename);
 extern int verify_bundle_hash(struct manifest *manifest, struct file *bundle);
 void free_file_data(void *data);
-void remove_files_in_manifest_from_fs(struct manifest *m);
 void deduplicate_files_from_manifest(struct manifest **m1, struct manifest *m2);
 extern struct file *mom_search_bundle(struct manifest *mom, const char *bundlename);
 extern struct file *search_file_in_manifest(struct manifest *manifest, const char *filename);
diff --git a/src/swupd_lib/manifest.c b/src/swupd_lib/manifest.c
index 9b3ed9be3..cb55041a3 100644
--- a/src/swupd_lib/manifest.c
+++ b/src/swupd_lib/manifest.c
@@ -848,33 +848,6 @@ void populate_file_struct(struct file *file, char *filename)
 	return;
 }
 
-/* Iterate m file list and remove from filesystem each file/directory */
-void remove_files_in_manifest_from_fs(struct manifest *m)
-{
-	struct list *iter = NULL;
-	struct file *file = NULL;
-	char *fullfile = NULL;
-	int count = list_len(m->files);
-
-	iter = list_head(m->files);
-	while (iter) {
-		file = iter->data;
-		iter = iter->next;
-		string_or_die(&fullfile, "%s/%s", globals.path_prefix, file->filename);
-		int err = sys_rm_recursive(fullfile);
-		if (err != 0 && err != -ENOENT) {
-			/* if an error is returned it means there was an issue deleting the
-			 * file or directory, in that case decrease the counter of deleted
-			 * files.
-			 * Note: If a file didn't exist it will still be counted as deleted,
-			 * this is a limitation */
-			count--;
-		}
-		FREE(fullfile);
-	}
-	info("Total deleted files: %i\n", count);
-}
-
 /* free all files found in m1 that happens to be
  *  duplicated on m2.
  *