diff --git a/examples/utility.c b/examples/utility.c
index 321a3ab691a09ad6adca26d3ea50a873ebd26208..ef6ee10ce12c08c53e4b6468aeac99225c09e65b 100644
--- a/examples/utility.c
+++ b/examples/utility.c
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-void check(const char* phase, int code) {
-	if (code < 0) {
-		printf("ERR %d in phase `%s`. Err was `%s`\nEXITING!\n",
-			code, phase, connector_error_peek());
-		exit(1);
-	}
-}
-
 // allocates a buffer!
 char * buffer_pdl(char * filename) {
 	FILE *f = fopen(filename, "rb");