diff --git a/service/ziti-tunnel/cli/responseGenerator.go b/service/ziti-tunnel/cli/responseGenerator.go
index 2b19d6ad..d469dad7 100644
--- a/service/ziti-tunnel/cli/responseGenerator.go
+++ b/service/ziti-tunnel/cli/responseGenerator.go
@@ -226,17 +226,3 @@ func GetIdentityResponseObjectFromRTS(args []string, status dto.Response, flags
 func GetResponseObjectFromRTS(args []string, status dto.Response, flags map[string]bool) dto.Response {
 	return status
 }
-
-func GetStatusFromRTS(args []string, status *dto.TunnelStatus, flags map[string]bool) dto.Response {
-
-	if status == nil {
-		return dto.Response{Message: "Stopped / Unknown State", Code: service.SUCCESS, Error: "", Payload: ""}
-	}
-
-	if status.Active {
-		return dto.Response{Message: "Running", Code: service.SUCCESS, Error: "", Payload: ""}
-	} else {
-		return dto.Response{Message: "Stopped", Code: service.SUCCESS, Error: "", Payload: ""}
-	}
-
-}