diff --git a/server-api/src/testing/mod.rs b/server-api/src/testing/mod.rs
index 8fedc84..38e4837 100644
--- a/server-api/src/testing/mod.rs
+++ b/server-api/src/testing/mod.rs
@@ -18,21 +18,3 @@ pub fn hyper_resp() -> hyper::Response<hyper::Body> {
 }
 
 
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-pub async fn tmp_channel_params(p: &mysql_async::Pool, chan_name: &'static str) -> db::channels::Channel {
-    use db::channels::{Channel, TEXT_CHANNEL};
-    use mysql_async::{params, prelude::Queryable};
-
-    let conn = p.get_conn().await.unwrap();
-    let _ = conn.prep_exec(
-        "INSERT INTO channels (name, description, kind) VALUES (:name, :description, :kind)", 
-        params!{"name" => chan_name, "kind" => 0, "description" => "no description for testing"}).await;
-
-    Channel {
-        id: 0,
-        name: chan_name.into(),
-        kind: TEXT_CHANNEL,
-        description: Some("no description for testing".into())
-    }
-}