diff --git a/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs b/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
index ed94ded96a5f9d0277ae3ffe542378e49cf3b5f3..87aa4e0183237eb260948b5442ad319e291f09ed 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
@@ -774,47 +774,6 @@ impl CompPDL {
     }
 }
 
-/// Recursively goes through the value group, attempting to find ports.
-/// Duplicates will only be added once.
-pub(crate) fn find_ports_in_value_group(value_group: &ValueGroup, ports: &mut Vec<PortId>) {
-    // Helper to check a value for a port and recurse if needed.
-    fn find_port_in_value(group: &ValueGroup, value: &Value, ports: &mut Vec<PortId>) {
-        match value {
-            Value::Input(port_id) | Value::Output(port_id) => {
-                // This is an actual port
-                let cur_port = PortId(port_id.id);
-                for prev_port in ports.iter() {
-                    if *prev_port == cur_port {
-                        // Already added
-                        return;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                ports.push(cur_port);
-            },
-            Value::Array(heap_pos) |
-            Value::Message(heap_pos) |
-            Value::String(heap_pos) |
-            Value::Struct(heap_pos) |
-            Value::Union(_, heap_pos) => {
-                // Reference to some dynamic thing which might contain ports,
-                // so recurse
-                let heap_region = &group.regions[*heap_pos as usize];
-                for embedded_value in heap_region {
-                    find_port_in_value(group, embedded_value, ports);
-                }
-            },
-            _ => {}, // values we don't care about
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Clear the ports, then scan all the available values
-    ports.clear();
-    for value in &value_group.values {
-        find_port_in_value(value_group, value, ports);
-    }
-}
-
 struct ValueGroupPortIter<'a> {
     group: &'a mut ValueGroup,
     heap_stack: Vec<(usize, usize)>,