diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NLPacketList.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/NLPacketList.cpp
index c6bea33d86..3b52ff5140 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NLPacketList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NLPacketList.cpp
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<NLPacketList> NLPacketList::create(PacketType packetType, QByteA
     return nlPacketList;
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<NLPacketList> NLPacketList::fromPacketList(std::unique_ptr<PacketList> packetList) {
-    auto nlPacketList = std::unique_ptr<NLPacketList>(new NLPacketList(std::move(*packetList.release())));
-    nlPacketList->open(ReadOnly);
-    return nlPacketList;
-}
-
-
 NLPacketList::NLPacketList(PacketType packetType, QByteArray extendedHeader, bool isReliable, bool isOrdered) :
     PacketList(packetType, extendedHeader, isReliable, isOrdered)
 {
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NLPacketList.h b/libraries/networking/src/NLPacketList.h
index 250d15dbb9..01a017f371 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NLPacketList.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NLPacketList.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ public:
     static std::unique_ptr<NLPacketList> create(PacketType packetType, QByteArray extendedHeader = QByteArray(),
                                                 bool isReliable = false, bool isOrdered = false);
     
-    static std::unique_ptr<NLPacketList> fromPacketList(std::unique_ptr<udt::PacketList>);
-
     PacketVersion getVersion() const { return _packetVersion; }
     const QUuid& getSourceID() const { return _sourceID; }