diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultProcessingStateManager.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultProcessingStateManager.ts
index 0003b7a7cf..9c1d20ae9c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultProcessingStateManager.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/DefaultProcessingStateManager.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { ProcessingDatabase, RefreshStateItem } from './database/types';
+import { ProcessingDatabase } from './database/types';
 import {
-  AddProcessingItemRequest,
   ProcessingItem,
   ProcessingItemResult,
   ProcessingStateManager,
@@ -47,12 +46,6 @@ export class DefaultProcessingStateManager implements ProcessingStateManager {
     });
   }
 
-  async addProcessingItems(request: AddProcessingItemRequest) {
-    return this.db.transaction(async tx => {
-      // await this.db.addUnprocessedEntities(tx, request);
-    });
-  }
-
   async getNextProcessingItem(): Promise<ProcessingItem> {
     for (;;) {
       const { items } = await this.db.transaction(async tx => {