diff --git a/gmid.h b/gmid.h
index da5a4e5..8fd974f 100644
--- a/gmid.h
+++ b/gmid.h
@@ -421,6 +421,5 @@ void		*xcalloc(size_t, size_t);
 void		 gen_certificate(const char*, const char*, const char*);
 X509_STORE	*load_ca(const char*);
 int		 validate_against_ca(X509_STORE*, const uint8_t*, size_t);
-void		 dispatch_imsg(struct imsgbuf*, imsg_handlerfn**, size_t);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 8b54dae..ff69a35 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -241,33 +241,3 @@ end:
 		X509_STORE_CTX_free(ctx);
 	return ret;
 }
-
-void
-dispatch_imsg(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, imsg_handlerfn **handlers, size_t size)
-{
-	struct imsg	imsg;
-	size_t		datalen, i;
-	ssize_t		n;
-
-	if ((n = imsg_read(ibuf)) == -1) {
-		if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
-			return;
-		_exit(1);
-	}
-
-	if (n == 0)
-		_exit(1);
-
-	for (;;) {
-		if ((n = imsg_get(ibuf, &imsg)) == -1)
-			_exit(1);
-		if (n == 0)
-			return;
-		datalen = imsg.hdr.len - IMSG_HEADER_SIZE;
-		i = imsg.hdr.type;
-		if (i > (size / sizeof(imsg_handlerfn*)) || handlers[i] == NULL)
-			abort();
-		handlers[i](ibuf, &imsg, datalen);
-		imsg_free(&imsg);
-	}
-}