diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
index 3a391adfc0..147ff12911 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
@@ -43,23 +43,6 @@ ProjectSchema.statics.getProject = (project_or_id, fields, callback)->
 			return callback(new Errors.NotFoundError(e.message))
 		this.findById project_or_id, fields, callback
 
-ProjectSchema.statics.findPopulatedById = (project_id, callback)->
-	logger.log project_id:project_id, "findPopulatedById"
-	this.find(_id: project_id )
-			.populate('collaberator_refs')
-			.populate('readOnly_refs')
-			.populate('owner_ref')
-			.exec (err, projects)->
-				if err? 
-					logger.err err:err, project_id:project_id, "something went wrong looking for project findPopulatedById"
-					callback(err)
-				else if !projects? || projects.length == 0
-					logger.err project_id:project_id, "something went wrong looking for project findPopulatedById, no project could be found"
-					callback "not found"
-				else
-					logger.log project_id:project_id, "finished findPopulatedById"
-					callback(null, projects[0])
-
 sanitizeTypeOfElement = (elementType)->
 	lastChar = elementType.slice -1
 	if lastChar != "s"