diff --git a/core/provider/source2/provider_source2.cpp b/core/provider/source2/provider_source2.cpp
index 89cbb02..5c948af 100644
--- a/core/provider/source2/provider_source2.cpp
+++ b/core/provider/source2/provider_source2.cpp
@@ -354,36 +354,6 @@ void LocalCommand_Meta(const CCommandContext &, const CCommand& args)
 	}
 }
 
-bool Source2Provider::KVLoadFromFile(KeyValues* kv, IFileSystem* filesystem, const char* resourceName, const char* pathID)
-{
-	Assert(filesystem);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-	Assert(_heapchk() == _HEAPOK);
-#endif
-
-	FileHandle_t f = filesystem->Open(resourceName, "rb", pathID);
-	if (!f)
-		return false;
-
-	// load file into a null-terminated buffer
-	int fileSize = filesystem->Size(f);
-	char* buffer = (char*)MemAllocScratch(fileSize + 1);
-
-	Assert(buffer);
-
-	filesystem->Read(buffer, fileSize, f); // read into local buffer
-
-	buffer[fileSize] = 0; // null terminate file as EOF
-
-	filesystem->Close(f);	// close file after reading
-
-	bool retOK = kv->LoadFromBuffer(resourceName, buffer, filesystem);
-
-	MemFreeScratch();
-
-	return retOK;
-}
-
 void Source2Provider::Hook_StartupServer_Post(const GameSessionConfiguration_t &config, ISource2WorldSession *, const char *)
 {
 	static bool bGameServerHooked = false;
diff --git a/core/provider/source2/provider_source2.h b/core/provider/source2/provider_source2.h
index d9f0378..f2ca942 100644
--- a/core/provider/source2/provider_source2.h
+++ b/core/provider/source2/provider_source2.h
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ public:
 	CUtlVector<INetworkGameClient *> *Hook_StartChangeLevel(const char*, const char*, void*);
 	void Hook_SwitchToLoop(const char *pszLoopName, KeyValues *pKV, uint32 nId, const char *pszUnk, bool bUnk);
 	void Hook_ClientCommand(CPlayerSlot nSlot, const CCommand& args);
-private:
-	bool KVLoadFromFile(KeyValues *kv, IFileSystem *filesystem, const char *resourceName, const char *pathID);
 private:
 	IFileSystem* baseFs = nullptr;
 	std::string sLastMap;