diff --git a/src/troute-routing/troute/routing/utils.py b/src/troute-routing/troute/routing/utils.py
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index 0c5a8e10b..000000000
--- a/src/troute-routing/troute/routing/utils.py
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import pandas as pd
-import numpy as np
-
-
-def writetoFile(file, writeString):
-    file.write(writeString)
-    file.write("\n")
-
-
-def constant_qlats(index_dataset, nsteps, qlat):
-    q = np.full((len(index_dataset.index), nsteps), qlat, dtype="float32")
-    ql = pd.DataFrame(q, index=index_dataset.index, columns=range(nsteps))
-    return ql