diff --git a/parsers/parsers.go b/parsers/parsers.go
index ec5c88f..aa80f44 100644
--- a/parsers/parsers.go
+++ b/parsers/parsers.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package parsers
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -68,28 +67,6 @@ func ParsePortRange(ports string) (uint64, uint64, error) {
 	return start, end, nil
 }
 
-// ParseLink parses and validates the specified string as a link format (name:alias)
-func ParseLink(val string) (string, string, error) {
-	if val == "" {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("empty string specified for links")
-	}
-	arr := strings.Split(val, ":")
-	if len(arr) > 2 {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("bad format for links: %s", val)
-	}
-	if len(arr) == 1 {
-		return val, val, nil
-	}
-	// This is kept because we can actually get an HostConfig with links
-	// from an already created container and the format is not `foo:bar`
-	// but `/foo:/c1/bar`
-	if strings.HasPrefix(arr[0], "/") {
-		_, alias := path.Split(arr[1])
-		return arr[0][1:], alias, nil
-	}
-	return arr[0], arr[1], nil
-}
-
 // ParseUintList parses and validates the specified string as the value
 // found in some cgroup file (e.g. `cpuset.cpus`, `cpuset.mems`), which could be
 // one of the formats below. Note that duplicates are actually allowed in the
diff --git a/parsers/parsers_test.go b/parsers/parsers_test.go
index 7fa698d..1a4df75 100644
--- a/parsers/parsers_test.go
+++ b/parsers/parsers_test.go
@@ -81,38 +81,6 @@ func TestParsePortRangeIncorrectStartRange(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestParseLink(t *testing.T) {
-	name, alias, err := ParseLink("name:alias")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected not to error out on a valid name:alias format but got: %v", err)
-	}
-	if name != "name" {
-		t.Fatalf("Link name should have been name, got %s instead", name)
-	}
-	if alias != "alias" {
-		t.Fatalf("Link alias should have been alias, got %s instead", alias)
-	}
-	// short format definition
-	name, alias, err = ParseLink("name")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected not to error out on a valid name only format but got: %v", err)
-	}
-	if name != "name" {
-		t.Fatalf("Link name should have been name, got %s instead", name)
-	}
-	if alias != "name" {
-		t.Fatalf("Link alias should have been name, got %s instead", alias)
-	}
-	// empty string link definition is not allowed
-	if _, _, err := ParseLink(""); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "empty string specified for links") {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected error 'empty string specified for links' but got: %v", err)
-	}
-	// more than two colons are not allowed
-	if _, _, err := ParseLink("link:alias:wrong"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "bad format for links: link:alias:wrong") {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected error 'bad format for links: link:alias:wrong' but got: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestParseUintList(t *testing.T) {
 	valids := map[string]map[int]bool{
 		"":             {},