diff --git a/src/filters/helpers.rs b/src/filters/helpers.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e958c84..0000000
--- a/src/filters/helpers.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-// use super::WildcardFilter;
-// use crate::{
-//     statistics::{
-//         StatCommand::{self, UpdateUsizeField},
-//         StatField::WildcardsFiltered,
-//     },
-//     FeroxResponse,
-// };
-// use anyhow::Result;
-// use tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedSender;
-//
-// /// Simple helper to stay DRY; determines whether or not a given `FeroxResponse` should be reported
-// /// to the user or not.
-// pub fn should_filter_response(
-//     response: &FeroxResponse,
-//     tx_stats: UnboundedSender<StatCommand>,
-// ) -> Result<bool> {
-//     let filters = FILTERS
-//     match FILTERS.read() {
-//         Ok(filters) => {
-//             for filter in filters.iter() {
-//                 // wildcard.should_filter goes here
-//                 if filter.should_filter_response(&response) {
-//                     if filter.as_any().downcast_ref::<WildcardFilter>().is_some() {
-//                         update_stat!(tx_stats, UpdateUsizeField(WildcardsFiltered, 1))
-//                     }
-//                     return true;
-//                 }
-//             }
-//         }
-//         Err(e) => {
-//             log::error!("{}", e);
-//         }
-//     }
-//     false
-// }
diff --git a/src/filters/mod.rs b/src/filters/mod.rs
index 1d47910..78a675c 100644
--- a/src/filters/mod.rs
+++ b/src/filters/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ mod regex;
 mod similarity;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
-mod helpers;
 
 pub use self::lines::LinesFilter;
 pub use self::regex::RegexFilter;