diff --git a/weed/filer/read_remote.go b/weed/filer/read_remote.go
index a6ce9fec0..3406246a9 100644
--- a/weed/filer/read_remote.go
+++ b/weed/filer/read_remote.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package filer
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/remote_pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
@@ -12,19 +11,6 @@ func (entry *Entry) IsInRemoteOnly() bool {
 	return len(entry.Chunks) == 0 && entry.Remote != nil && entry.Remote.RemoteSize > 0
 }
 
-func (f *Filer) ReadRemote(entry *Entry, offset int64, size int64) (data []byte, err error) {
-	client, _, found := f.RemoteStorage.GetRemoteStorageClient(entry.Remote.StorageName)
-	if !found {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("remote storage %v not found", entry.Remote.StorageName)
-	}
-
-	mountDir, remoteLoation := f.RemoteStorage.FindMountDirectory(entry.FullPath)
-
-	sourceLoc := MapFullPathToRemoteStorageLocation(mountDir, remoteLoation, entry.FullPath)
-
-	return client.ReadFile(sourceLoc, offset, size)
-}
-
 func MapFullPathToRemoteStorageLocation(localMountedDir util.FullPath, remoteMountedLocation *remote_pb.RemoteStorageLocation, fp util.FullPath) *remote_pb.RemoteStorageLocation {
 	remoteLocation := &remote_pb.RemoteStorageLocation{
 		Name:   remoteMountedLocation.Name,