diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6fd78ea5..97772403 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -285,17 +285,6 @@ module.exports = function (dir, optionalId, optionalName, cfg, extEvents) {
         });
 };
 
-/**
- * Copy file to destination.
- * @param  {string} src for copying
- * @param  {string} dst for copying
- * @return No return value
- */
-function copyFile (src, dst) {
-    // FUTURE TODO drop dependency on shelljs.cp
-    cp(src, dst);
-}
-
 /**
  * Recursively copies folder to destination, including symlinks.
  * @param  {string} src for copying