diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
index b6c04dcd7..8917393be 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/s3api/s3_constants"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/s3api/s3err"
-	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/mem"
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
@@ -88,13 +87,6 @@ func removeDuplicateSlashes(object string) string {
 	}
 	return result.String()
 }
-func (s3a *S3ApiServer) removeExpiredObject(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, entry *filer_pb.Entry, bucket, object string) {
-	target := util.FullPath(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s%s", s3a.option.BucketsPath, bucket, object))
-	dir, name := target.DirAndName()
-	if rmErr := s3a.rm(dir, name, true, false); rmErr != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("delete expired entries %s/%s: %v", dir, name, rmErr)
-	}
-}
 
 // checkDirectoryObject checks if the object is a directory object (ends with "/") and if it exists
 // Returns: (entry, isDirectoryObject, error)