diff --git a/lib/settings.js b/lib/settings.js
index e24107808..2d0b9984a 100644
--- a/lib/settings.js
+++ b/lib/settings.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 
-var utils = require('./utils');
 var ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
 function defaults ( ) {
   var DEFAULT_SETTINGS_JSON = {
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b4fdd3ce3..000000000
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-
-function cleanSingleRecord(val) {
-    // Remove the [] array brackets from single record collections (e.g. settings).
-    val = JSON.stringify(val);
-    val = val.substring(1, val.length-1);
-    return JSON.parse(val.trim());
-}
-
-
-
-
-var utils = {
-  cleanSingleRecord: cleanSingleRecord
-};
-
-module.exports = utils;
-