diff --git a/command/agent/util.go b/command/agent/util.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c74fe645c..000000000
--- a/command/agent/util.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-)
-
-// IpOfDevice returns a routable ip addr of a device
-func ipOfDevice(name string) (net.IP, error) {
-	intf, err := net.InterfaceByName(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	addrs, err := intf.Addrs()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if len(addrs) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no ips were detected on the interface: %v", name)
-	}
-
-	// Iterating through the IPs configured for that device and returning the
-	// the first ipv4 address configured. If no ipv4 addresses are configured,
-	// we return the first ipv6 addr if any ipv6 addr is configured.
-	var ipv6Addrs []net.IP
-	for _, addr := range addrs {
-		var ip net.IP
-		switch v := (addr).(type) {
-		case *net.IPNet:
-			ip = v.IP
-			if ip.To4() != nil {
-				return ip, nil
-			}
-			if ip.To16() != nil {
-				ipv6Addrs = append(ipv6Addrs, ip)
-				continue
-			}
-		case *net.IPAddr:
-			continue
-		}
-	}
-	if len(ipv6Addrs) > 0 {
-		return ipv6Addrs[0], nil
-	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no ips were detected on the interface: %v", name)
-}