diff --git a/src/common/security/admiral/authcontext/authcontext.go b/src/common/security/admiral/authcontext/authcontext.go
index ed567cacb..6cfca96c7 100644
--- a/src/common/security/admiral/authcontext/authcontext.go
+++ b/src/common/security/admiral/authcontext/authcontext.go
@@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ func GetAuthCtx(client *http.Client, url, token string) (*AuthContext, error) {
 	return get(client, url, token)
 }
 
-// GetAuthCtxOfUser returns the auth context of the specific user
-func GetAuthCtxOfUser(client *http.Client, url, token string, username string) (*AuthContext, error) {
-	return get(client, url, token, username)
-}
-
 // get the user's auth context, if the username is not provided
 // get the default auth context of the token
 func get(client *http.Client, url, token string, username ...string) (*AuthContext, error) {