diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 76365c5c0..d286b963e 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <io.h>
 #else
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -855,43 +854,6 @@ bool fs_create_directory_with_parents(const std::string & path) {
 #endif // _WIN32
 }
 
-
-std::vector<std::string> fs_list_files(const std::string & folder, const std::string & ext) {
-    std::vector<std::string> files;
-    // Note: once we can use C++17 this becomes:
-    //   for (const auto & entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(folder))
-    //     if (entry.path().extension() == ext) files.push_back(entry.path().string());
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    std::string search_path = folder + "\\*" + ext;
-    WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
-    HANDLE hFind = ::FindFirstFile(search_path.c_str(), &fd);
-    if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        do {
-            if (!(fd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
-                files.push_back(folder + "\\" + fd.cFileName);
-            }
-        } while (::FindNextFile(hFind, &fd));
-        ::FindClose(hFind);
-    }
-#else
-    DIR* dir = opendir(folder.c_str());
-    if (dir != nullptr) {
-        struct dirent* entry;
-        while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != nullptr) {
-            if (entry->d_type == DT_REG) {  // If it's a regular file
-                std::string filename = entry->d_name;
-                if (filename.length() >= ext.length() &&
-                    filename.compare(filename.length() - ext.length(), ext.length(), ext) == 0) {
-                    files.push_back(folder + "/" + filename);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        closedir(dir);
-    }
-#endif
-    return files;
-}
-
 std::string fs_get_cache_directory() {
     std::string cache_directory = "";
     auto ensure_trailing_slash = [](std::string p) {
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index e33ba8a90..830a56fa7 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ std::string string_from(const struct llama_context * ctx, const struct llama_bat
 
 bool fs_validate_filename(const std::string & filename);
 bool fs_create_directory_with_parents(const std::string & path);
-std::vector<std::string> fs_list_files(const std::string & path, const std::string & ext);
 
 std::string fs_get_cache_directory();
 std::string fs_get_cache_file(const std::string & filename);