diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
@@ -445,26 +445,6 @@ def add_cache(settings):
             beaker.cache.cache_regions[region] = region_settings
 
 
-def get_current_revision():
-    """Returns tuple of (number, id) from repository containing this package
-    or None if repository could not be found.
-    """
-
-    try:
-        from vcs import get_repo
-        from vcs.utils.helpers import get_scm
-        from vcs.exceptions import RepositoryError, VCSError
-        repopath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..')
-        scm = get_scm(repopath)[0]
-        repo = get_repo(path=repopath, alias=scm)
-        tip = repo.get_changeset()
-        return (tip.revision, tip.short_id)
-    except (ImportError, RepositoryError, VCSError), err:
-        logging.debug("Cannot retrieve rhodecode's revision. Original error "
-                      "was: %s" % err)
-        return None
-
-
 #==============================================================================
 # TEST FUNCTIONS AND CREATORS
 #==============================================================================