diff --git a/barbicanclient/common/utils.py b/barbicanclient/common/utils.py
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index 55b1a0df..00000000
--- a/barbicanclient/common/utils.py
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import urllib
-
-
-def proc_template(template, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Processes a templated URL by substituting the
-    dictionary args and returning the strings.
-    """
-    return template.format(**dict([(k, urllib.quote(v))
-                           for k, v in kwargs.items()]))