diff --git a/plugins/ipam/host-local/main.go b/plugins/ipam/host-local/main.go
index b5a8f84c4..79269013c 100644
--- a/plugins/ipam/host-local/main.go
+++ b/plugins/ipam/host-local/main.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
@@ -34,14 +33,6 @@ func main() {
 	skel.PluginMain(cmdAdd, cmdCheck, cmdDel, version.All, bv.BuildString("host-local"))
 }
 
-func loadNetConf(bytes []byte) (*types.NetConf, string, error) {
-	n := &types.NetConf{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes, n); err != nil {
-		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("failed to load netconf: %v", err)
-	}
-	return n, n.CNIVersion, nil
-}
-
 func cmdCheck(args *skel.CmdArgs) error {
 
 	ipamConf, _, err := allocator.LoadIPAMConfig(args.StdinData, args.Args)