diff --git a/src/storage/interface.js b/src/storage/interface.js
index 9d45661c8..cbd18e99f 100644
--- a/src/storage/interface.js
+++ b/src/storage/interface.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     exists,
 
     download,
-    downloadDir,
     copy,
 
     listDir,
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
 const assert = require('assert'),
     BoxError = require('../boxerror.js'),
-    DataLayout = require('../datalayout.js'),
-    EventEmitter = require('events');
+    DataLayout = require('../datalayout.js');
 
 function removePrivateFields(apiConfig) {
     // in-place removal of tokens and api keys with constants.SECRET_PLACEHOLDER
@@ -89,16 +87,6 @@ function download(apiConfig, backupFilePath, callback) {
     callback(new BoxError(BoxError.NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'download is not implemented'));
 }
 
-function downloadDir(apiConfig, backupFilePath, destDir) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof backupFilePath, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof destDir, 'string');
-
-    var events = new EventEmitter();
-    process.nextTick(function () { events.emit('done', null); });
-    return events;
-}
-
 async function copy(apiConfig, oldFilePath, newFilePath, progressCallback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof oldFilePath, 'string');
diff --git a/src/storage/noop.js b/src/storage/noop.js
index 38d9f9f9d..24bc35278 100644
--- a/src/storage/noop.js
+++ b/src/storage/noop.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     upload,
     exists,
     download,
-    downloadDir,
     copy,
 
     listDir,
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 const assert = require('assert'),
     BoxError = require('../boxerror.js'),
     DataLayout = require('../datalayout.js'),
-    debug = require('debug')('box:storage/noop'),
-    EventEmitter = require('events');
+    debug = require('debug')('box:storage/noop');
 
 function getRootPath(apiConfig) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
@@ -78,20 +76,6 @@ function listDir(apiConfig, dir, batchSize, iteratorCallback, callback) {
     callback();
 }
 
-function downloadDir(apiConfig, backupFilePath, destDir) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof backupFilePath, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof destDir, 'string');
-
-    var events = new EventEmitter();
-    process.nextTick(function () {
-        debug('downloadDir: %s -> %s', backupFilePath, destDir);
-
-        events.emit('done', new BoxError(BoxError.NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Cannot download from noop backend'));
-    });
-    return events;
-}
-
 async function copy(apiConfig, oldFilePath, newFilePath, progressCallback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof oldFilePath, 'string');