diff --git a/server/src/channels.rs b/server/src/channels.rs
index 81c3a49..c11d3ca 100644
--- a/server/src/channels.rs
+++ b/server/src/channels.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::borrow::Cow;
-
 use hyper::{StatusCode, Response, Body};
 use hyper::header::HeaderValue;
 
@@ -35,20 +33,6 @@ impl ChannelType {
 
         }
     }
-
-    // whole ass function exists because serde_json is a walking pos
-    pub fn from_i64_opt(x: Option<i64>) -> ChannelType {
-        if let Some(i) = x {
-            match i {
-                1 =>  ChannelType::Voice, 
-                2 =>  ChannelType::Text,
-                _ =>  ChannelType::Undefined
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            ChannelType::Undefined
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 // Primary way of interpretting sql data on our channels table