diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index afc90f1a1..8bdcf4351 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ add_library(
   util/path.cpp
   util/hash.cpp
   util/node_data.cpp
-  util/node_ctype.cpp
   util/util.cpp
   util/util_abort.cpp
   util/util_symlink.cpp
diff --git a/lib/include/ert/util/node_ctype.hpp b/lib/include/ert/util/node_ctype.hpp
index 3472636f8..440de1944 100644
--- a/lib/include/ert/util/node_ctype.hpp
+++ b/lib/include/ert/util/node_ctype.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ typedef enum {
     CTYPE_INVALID = 100
 } node_ctype;
 
-const char *node_ctype_name(node_ctype);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/util/node_ctype.cpp b/lib/util/node_ctype.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index a677bad92..000000000
--- a/lib/util/node_ctype.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <ert/util/util.hpp>
-#include <ert/util/node_ctype.hpp>
-
-const char *node_ctype_name(node_ctype ctype) {
-    const char *name;
-    switch (ctype) {
-    case (CTYPE_VOID_POINTER):
-        name = "void pointer";
-        break;
-    case (CTYPE_INT_VALUE):
-        name = "integer value";
-        break;
-    case (CTYPE_DOUBLE_VALUE):
-        name = "double value";
-        break;
-    case (CTYPE_FLOAT_VALUE):
-        name = "float_value";
-        break;
-    case (CTYPE_CHAR_VALUE):
-        name = "char value";
-        break;
-    case (CTYPE_BOOL_VALUE):
-        name = "bool value";
-        break;
-    case (CTYPE_SIZE_T_VALUE):
-        name = "size_t value";
-        break;
-    default:
-        name = NULL;
-        util_abort("%s: fatal internal error node_ctype:%d not recognized - "
-                   "aborting. \n",
-                   __func__, ctype);
-    }
-    return name;
-}