diff --git a/src/controllers/organization.controller.js b/src/controllers/organization.controller.js
index 88ece8bc..071ea9d8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/organization.controller.js
+++ b/src/controllers/organization.controller.js
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
 import { Organization } from '../models/organizations';
 
-const loadFileIntoString = (path) => {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    fs.readFile(path, (err, buff) => {
-      if (err) {
-        console.error(err);
-        return;
-      }
-      console.log(buff.toString());
-      resolve(buff.toString());
-    });
-  });
-};
-
 export const findAll = async (req, res) => {
   return res.json({
     ...(await Organization.getHomeOrg()),
diff --git a/src/models/organizations/organizations.model.js b/src/models/organizations/organizations.model.js
index a00d81f3..c0807184 100644
--- a/src/models/organizations/organizations.model.js
+++ b/src/models/organizations/organizations.model.js
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import fs from 'fs';
 import Sequelize from 'sequelize';
 const { Model } = Sequelize;
 import { sequelize } from '../database';
 
 import ModelTypes from './organizations.modeltypes.cjs';
 
-const loadFileIntoString = (path) => {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    fs.readFile(path, (err, buff) => {
-      if (err) {
-        console.error(err);
-        return;
-      }
-      console.log(buff.toString());
-      resolve(buff.toString());
-    });
-  });
-};
-
 class Organization extends Model {
   static async getHomeOrg() {
     return {