diff --git a/pkg/tarutil/tarutil.go b/pkg/tarutil/tarutil.go
index c43e6355923..011478b72ce 100644
--- a/pkg/tarutil/tarutil.go
+++ b/pkg/tarutil/tarutil.go
@@ -8,40 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"io"
-	"net/http"
 	"path"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	chart "github.com/vmware-tanzu/kubeapps/pkg/chart/models"
-	httpclient "github.com/vmware-tanzu/kubeapps/pkg/http-client"
 )
 
-// Fetches helm chart details from a gzipped tarball
-//
-// name is expected in format "foo/bar" or "foo%2Fbar" if url-escaped
-func FetchChartDetailFromTarballUrl(chartTarballURL string, userAgent string, authz string, netClient *http.Client) (map[string]string, error) {
-	reqHeaders := make(map[string]string)
-	if len(userAgent) > 0 {
-		reqHeaders["User-Agent"] = userAgent
-	}
-	if len(authz) > 0 {
-		reqHeaders["Authorization"] = authz
-	}
-
-	// use our "standard" http-client library
-	reader, _, err := httpclient.GetStream(chartTarballURL, netClient, reqHeaders)
-	if reader != nil {
-		defer reader.Close()
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return FetchChartDetailFromTarball(reader)
-}
-
 // Fetches helm chart details from a gzipped tarball
 //
 // name is expected in format "foo/bar" or "foo%2Fbar" if url-escaped