diff --git a/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/nodes/NodesEntityResource.java b/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/nodes/NodesEntityResource.java
index bb998e0924..d336b27588 100644
--- a/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/nodes/NodesEntityResource.java
+++ b/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/nodes/NodesEntityResource.java
@@ -367,25 +367,6 @@ public class NodesEntityResource implements
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Providing the response from SimpleCache.
-     */
-    private Map<String, Object> getResult(Map<String, Object> cachedResult)
-    {
-        Map<String, Object> result;
-
-        if(cachedResult.containsKey("size"))
-        {
-            cachedResult.put(STATUS, COMPLETED);
-            result = cachedResult;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            result = cachedResult;
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Validating node permission [i.e. READ permission should be there ]
      */