diff --git a/controller/predicates/is_service_enabled.js b/controller/predicates/is_service_enabled.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e9a034f..00000000
--- a/controller/predicates/is_service_enabled.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = (uri) => {
-  return (request, response) => {
-    return uri !== undefined;
-  };
-};
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_service_enabled.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_service_enabled.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f7f99748..00000000
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_service_enabled.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const _ = require('lodash');
-const is_service_enabled = require('../../../../controller/predicates/is_service_enabled');
-
-module.exports.tests = {};
-
-module.exports.tests.interface = (test, common) => {
-  test('valid interface', (t) => {
-    t.equal(typeof is_service_enabled, 'function', 'is_service_enabled  is a function');
-    t.equal(typeof is_service_enabled(), 'function', 'is_service_enabled() is a function');
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.tests.true_conditions = (test, common) => {
-  test('string uri should return true', (t) => {
-    t.ok(is_service_enabled('pip uri')());
-    t.end();
-
-  });
-
-};
-
-module.exports.tests.false_conditions = (test, common) => {
-  test('undefined uri should return false', (t) => {
-    t.notOk(is_service_enabled()());
-    t.end();
-
-  });
-
-};
-
-module.exports.all = (tape, common) => {
-  function test(name, testFunction) {
-    return tape(`GET /is_service_enabled ${name}`, testFunction);
-  }
-
-  for( const testCase in module.exports.tests ){
-    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
-  }
-};
diff --git a/test/unit/run.js b/test/unit/run.js
index 47425ee4..8299672d 100644
--- a/test/unit/run.js
+++ b/test/unit/run.js
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ var tests = [
   require('./controller/predicates/is_coarse_reverse'),
   require('./controller/predicates/is_only_non_admin_layers'),
   require('./controller/predicates/is_request_sources_only_whosonfirst'),
-  require('./controller/predicates/is_service_enabled'),
   require('./helper/debug'),
   require('./helper/diffPlaces'),
   require('./helper/geojsonify'),