diff --git a/src/groupdb.js b/src/groupdb.js
index 2f21d65f5..e8f9f654f 100644
--- a/src/groupdb.js
+++ b/src/groupdb.js
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     getMembership: getMembership,
     setMembership: setMembership,
 
-    getGroups: getGroups,
-
     _clear: clear
 };
 
@@ -274,15 +272,3 @@ function isMember(groupId, userId, callback) {
         callback(null, result.length !== 0);
     });
 }
-
-function getGroups(userId, callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof userId, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    database.query('SELECT ' + GROUPS_FIELDS + ' ' +
-        ' FROM userGroups INNER JOIN groupMembers ON userGroups.id = groupMembers.groupId AND groupMembers.userId = ?', [ userId ], function (error, results) {
-        if (error) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.DATABASE_ERROR, error));
-
-        callback(null, results);
-    });
-}
diff --git a/src/groups.js b/src/groups.js
index 4c44ec72b..bb64c383e 100644
--- a/src/groups.js
+++ b/src/groups.js
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     removeMember: removeMember,
     isMember: isMember,
 
-    getGroups: getGroups,
-
     setMembership: setMembership,
     getMembership: getMembership,
 
@@ -241,17 +239,6 @@ function update(groupId, data, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function getGroups(userId, callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof userId, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    groupdb.getGroups(userId, function (error, results) {
-        if (error) return callback(error);
-
-        callback(null, results);
-    });
-}
-
 function count(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');