1 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/win32/registry.rb b/lib/chef/win32/registry.rb
index 12ad08a965..3c1f62d9b8 100644
--- a/lib/chef/win32/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/win32/registry.rb
@@ -256,19 +256,6 @@ class Chef
         end
       end
 
-      def get_type_from_name(val_type)
-        value = {
-          :binary => ::Win32::Registry::REG_BINARY,
-          :string => ::Win32::Registry::REG_SZ,
-          :multi_string => ::Win32::Registry::REG_MULTI_SZ,
-          :expand_string => ::Win32::Registry::REG_EXPAND_SZ,
-          :dword => ::Win32::Registry::REG_DWORD,
-          :dword_big_endian => ::Win32::Registry::REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN,
-          :qword => ::Win32::Registry::REG_QWORD
-        }[val_type]
-        return value
-      end
-
       def keys_missing?(key_path)
         missing_key_arr = key_path.split("\\")
         missing_key_arr.pop