diff --git a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.cpp b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.cpp
index 4fd3490c45..ea784b2e16 100644
--- a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.cpp
+++ b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.cpp
@@ -561,29 +561,3 @@ int VoxelTree::processEditPacketData(PacketType packetType, const unsigned char*
             return 0;
     }
 }
-
-
-bool VoxelTree::findRayIntersectionDetail(const glm::vec3& origin, const glm::vec3& direction,
-                                      VoxelDetail& detail, float& distance, BoxFace& face) {
-
-    bool result = false; // assume no intersection
-    if (tryLockForRead()) {
-        OctreeElement* element;
-        result = findRayIntersection(origin, direction, element, distance, face);
-        if (result) {
-            VoxelTreeElement* voxel = (VoxelTreeElement*)element;
-            detail.x = voxel->getCorner().x;
-            detail.y = voxel->getCorner().y;
-            detail.z = voxel->getCorner().z;
-            detail.s = voxel->getScale();
-            detail.red = voxel->getColor()[0];
-            detail.green = voxel->getColor()[1];
-            detail.blue = voxel->getColor()[2];
-        }
-        unlock();
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
-
-
diff --git a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.h b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.h
index 5f56b88d6f..2079ab91b2 100644
--- a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.h
+++ b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.h
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ public:
     virtual int processEditPacketData(PacketType packetType, const unsigned char* packetData, int packetLength,
                     const unsigned char* editData, int maxLength, const SharedNodePointer& node);
 
-    bool findRayIntersectionDetail(const glm::vec3& origin, const glm::vec3& direction,
-                             VoxelDetail& detail, float& distance, BoxFace& face);
-
 private:
     // helper functions for nudgeSubTree
     void recurseNodeForNudge(VoxelTreeElement* element, RecurseOctreeOperation operation, void* extraData);