1 files changed, 0 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/util.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/util.py
index e56452751..f4a2b0cc7 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/util.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/util.py
@@ -6,28 +6,6 @@
 
 from .. import util
 
-
-def _coerce_config(configuration, prefix):
-    """Convert configuration values to expected types."""
-
-    options = dict((key[len(prefix):], configuration[key])
-                   for key in configuration
-                   if key.startswith(prefix))
-    for option, type_ in (
-        ('convert_unicode', util.bool_or_str('force')),
-        ('pool_timeout', int),
-        ('echo', util.bool_or_str('debug')),
-        ('echo_pool', util.bool_or_str('debug')),
-        ('pool_recycle', int),
-        ('pool_size', int),
-        ('max_overflow', int),
-        ('pool_threadlocal', bool),
-        ('use_native_unicode', bool),
-    ):
-        util.coerce_kw_type(options, option, type_)
-    return options
-
-
 def connection_memoize(key):
     """Decorator, memoize a function in a connection.info stash.