diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files.clj
index a2075a2807..346ff8b0fc 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files.clj
@@ -1260,10 +1260,6 @@
     (db/exec-one! conn [sql:restore-file-thumbnails file-ids])
     (db/exec-one! conn [sql:restore-file-tagged-object-thumbnails file-ids])))
 
-(defn- restore-file
-  [conn file-id]
-  (restore-files conn [file-id]))
-
 (def ^:private sql:restore-projects
   "UPDATE project SET deleted_at = null WHERE id = ANY(?::uuid[])")