diff --git a/squeakserver/db/db_params.py b/squeakserver/db/db_params.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b429232..00000000
--- a/squeakserver/db/db_params.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-valid_params = {"host", "database", "user", "password"}
-
-
-def parse_db_params(config, section="postgresql"):
-    # get section, default to postgresql
-    db = {}
-    if config.has_section(section):
-        params = config.items(section)
-        for param in params:
-            if param[0] in valid_params:
-                db[param[0]] = param[1]
-    else:
-        raise Exception(
-            "Section {0} not found in the {1} file".format(section, filename)
-        )
-    return db