diff --git a/plugins/devtools-backend/src/api/DevToolsBackendApi.ts b/plugins/devtools-backend/src/api/DevToolsBackendApi.ts
index e518cf65b1..e785dfbb2b 100644
--- a/plugins/devtools-backend/src/api/DevToolsBackendApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/devtools-backend/src/api/DevToolsBackendApi.ts
@@ -258,13 +258,3 @@ export class DevToolsBackendApi {
     return info;
   }
 }
-
-export function isValidUrl(url: string): boolean {
-  try {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-new
-    new URL(url);
-    return true;
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}