diff --git a/whelk-core/src/main/groovy/whelk/JsonLd.groovy b/whelk-core/src/main/groovy/whelk/JsonLd.groovy
index dfec57e287..ac9ab7671d 100644
--- a/whelk-core/src/main/groovy/whelk/JsonLd.groovy
+++ b/whelk-core/src/main/groovy/whelk/JsonLd.groovy
@@ -555,10 +555,6 @@ class JsonLd {
         s && (s.startsWith('https://') || s.startsWith('http://'))
     }
 
-    static boolean looksLikeIri(String s) {
-        s && (s.startsWith('https://') || s.startsWith('http://'))
-    }
-
     static List<List<String>> findPaths(Map obj, String key, String value) {
         return findPaths(obj, key, [value].toSet())
     }