[pylint.utils] pylint.utils.category_id used only once

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/utils/utils.py b/pylint/utils/utils.py
index 81cbc3448..1faba9ae8 100644
--- a/pylint/utils/utils.py
+++ b/pylint/utils/utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from os.path import basename, dirname, exists, isdir, join, normpath, splitext
 
 from astroid import Module, modutils
 
-from pylint.constants import MSG_TYPES, MSG_TYPES_LONG, PY_EXTS
+from pylint.constants import PY_EXTS
 
 
 def normalize_text(text, line_len=80, indent=""):
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@ def get_module_and_frameid(node):
     return module, ".".join(obj)
 
 
-def category_id(cid):
-    cid = cid.upper()
-    if cid in MSG_TYPES:
-        return cid
-    return MSG_TYPES_LONG.get(cid)
-
-
 def get_rst_title(title, character):
     """Permit to get a title formatted as ReStructuredText test (underlined with a chosen character)."""
     return "%s\n%s\n" % (title, character * len(title))