diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedUtils.java
index 6b781e7a..c722a2b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedUtils.java
@@ -517,19 +517,4 @@ public class FeedUtils {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	public static String parseForImageUrl(byte[] xml) {
-		String xmlString = null;
-		try {
-			String encoding = FeedUtils.guessEncoding(xml);
-			xmlString = FeedUtils.trimInvalidXmlCharacters(new String(xml, encoding));
-			/*if (xmlString == null) {
-				throw new FeedException("Input string is null for url " + feedUrl);
-			}*/
-			xmlString = FeedUtils.replaceHtmlEntitiesWithNumericEntities(xmlString);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-		}
-		return xmlString;
-	}
-
 }