diff --git a/src/mailboxdb.js b/src/mailboxdb.js
index d23381e0c..a33a77056 100644
--- a/src/mailboxdb.js
+++ b/src/mailboxdb.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
     listAliases: listAliases,
     listMailboxes: listMailboxes,
-    listGroups: listGroups,
+    // listGroups: listGroups, // this is beyond my SQL skillz
 
     getMailbox: getMailbox,
     getGroup: getGroup,
@@ -115,18 +115,6 @@ function getGroup(name, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function listGroups(callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    // FIXME: fix the query to return members
-    database.query('SELECT ' + MAILBOX_FIELDS + ' FROM mailboxes WHERE ownerType = ?',
-        [ exports.TYPE_GROUP ], function (error, results) {
-        if (error) return callback(new DatabaseError(DatabaseError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
-
-        callback(null, results);
-    });
-}
-
 function getByOwnerId(ownerId, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof ownerId, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');