diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/PolyA.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/PolyA.pm
index 59fc71c1afcbaebc4bc15d8943958508d02b893c..3f9b44343dc321f1d3c1f88650df3f17aee94df4 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/PolyA.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/PolyA.pm
@@ -124,17 +124,7 @@ sub mask{
 
 ############################################################
 
-# $seq is a string and $length is the length we want to clip from both ends
 
-sub clip_ends{
-  my ($self,$seq,$length) = @_;
-  
-  my $seq_length = length( $seq );
-  my $subseq = substr( $seq, $length, $seq_length - 2*$length );
-
-  return $subseq;
-}
-  
 
 
 ############################################################