diff --git a/lib/private/Template/functions.php b/lib/private/Template/functions.php
index d9cf5f3f63a..9c7abdb9eb4 100644
--- a/lib/private/Template/functions.php
+++ b/lib/private/Template/functions.php
@@ -176,24 +176,6 @@ function translation($app): void {
 	OC_Util::addTranslations($app);
 }
 
-/**
- * Shortcut for HTML imports
- * @param string $app the appname
- * @param string|string[] $file the path relative to the app's component folder,
- *                              if an array is given it will add all components
- */
-function component($app, $file): void {
-	if (is_array($file)) {
-		foreach ($file as $f) {
-			$url = link_to($app, 'component/' . $f . '.html');
-			OC_Util::addHeader('link', ['rel' => 'import', 'href' => $url]);
-		}
-	} else {
-		$url = link_to($app, 'component/' . $file . '.html');
-		OC_Util::addHeader('link', ['rel' => 'import', 'href' => $url]);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * make \OCP\IURLGenerator::linkTo available as a simple function
  * @param string $app app