diff --git a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
index 11bfec590b..a648d13850 100644
--- a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
@@ -895,18 +895,6 @@ function backup_config_section($section) {
     return $xmlconfig;
 }
 
-/*
- *  backup_config_ts_scheduler(): returns the traffic shaper scheduler for backup
- */
-function backup_config_ts_scheduler() {
-    global $config;
-    $new_section = &$config['system']['schedulertype'];
-    /* generate configuration XML */
-    $xmlconfig = dump_xml_config($new_section, $section);
-    $xmlconfig = str_replace("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>", "", $xmlconfig);
-    return $xmlconfig;
-}
-
 /*
  *  backup_config_section($section): returns as an xml file string of
  *                                   the configuration section