diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/security/roles.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/security/roles.ts
index f17db380f1..05d536562b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/security/roles.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/security/roles.ts
@@ -312,37 +312,6 @@ export async function getAllRoles(appId?: string): Promise<RoleDoc[]> {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * This retrieves the required role for a resource
- * @param permLevel The level of request
- * @param resourceId The resource being requested
- * @param subResourceId The sub resource being requested
- * @return {Promise<{permissions}|Object>} returns the permissions required to access.
- */
-export async function getRequiredResourceRole(
-  permLevel: string,
-  { resourceId, subResourceId }: { resourceId?: string; subResourceId?: string }
-) {
-  const roles = await getAllRoles()
-  let main = [],
-    sub = []
-  for (let role of roles) {
-    // no permissions, ignore it
-    if (!role.permissions) {
-      continue
-    }
-    const mainRes = resourceId ? role.permissions[resourceId] : undefined
-    const subRes = subResourceId ? role.permissions[subResourceId] : undefined
-    if (mainRes && mainRes.indexOf(permLevel) !== -1) {
-      main.push(role._id)
-    } else if (subRes && subRes.indexOf(permLevel) !== -1) {
-      sub.push(role._id)
-    }
-  }
-  // for now just return the IDs
-  return main.concat(sub)
-}
-
 export class AccessController {
   userHierarchies: { [key: string]: string[] }
   constructor() {