diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/Excludes.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/Excludes.kt
index 6f9a6d78cf3a6..e03f2236fd970 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/Excludes.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/Excludes.kt
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ data class Excludes(
         val EMPTY = Excludes()
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Return the [PathExclude]s matching the provided [path].
-     */
-    fun findPathExcludes(path: String) = paths.filter { it.matches(path) }
-
     /**
      * Return the [PathExclude]s matching the [definitionFilePath][Project.definitionFilePath].
      */
diff --git a/model/src/test/kotlin/config/ExcludesTest.kt b/model/src/test/kotlin/config/ExcludesTest.kt
index 6b48605a11de3..7806bdc4aaab9 100644
--- a/model/src/test/kotlin/config/ExcludesTest.kt
+++ b/model/src/test/kotlin/config/ExcludesTest.kt
@@ -94,19 +94,6 @@ class ExcludesTest : WordSpec() {
 
     init {
         "findPathExcludes" should {
-            "find the correct path excludes for a path" {
-                val excludes = Excludes(paths = listOf(pathExclude1, pathExclude2, pathExclude3, pathExclude4))
-
-                with(excludes) {
-                    findPathExcludes("") should beEmpty()
-                    findPathExcludes("path1") should containExactly(pathExclude1)
-                    findPathExcludes("path2") should containExactly(pathExclude2)
-                    findPathExcludes("test.ext") should containExactly(pathExclude3)
-                    findPathExcludes("directory/test.ext") should containExactly(pathExclude3)
-                    findPathExcludes("directory/file.ext") should containExactly(pathExclude3, pathExclude4)
-                }
-            }
-
             "find the correct path excludes for a project" {
                 val excludes = Excludes(paths = listOf(pathExclude1, pathExclude2, pathExclude3, pathExclude4))