diff --git a/lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py b/lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py
index 8b1f424b7..51439f657 100644
--- a/lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py
+++ b/lbrynet/daemon/Daemon.py
@@ -161,16 +161,6 @@ class AlwaysSend(object):
         return d
 
 
-# If an instance has a lot of blobs, this call might get very expensive.
-# For reflector, with 50k blobs, it definitely has an impact on the first run
-# But doesn't seem to impact performance after that.
-@defer.inlineCallbacks
-def calculate_available_blob_size(blob_manager):
-    blob_hashes = yield blob_manager.get_all_verified_blobs()
-    blobs = yield defer.DeferredList([blob_manager.get_blob(b) for b in blob_hashes])
-    defer.returnValue(sum(b.length for success, b in blobs if success and b.length))
-
-
 class Daemon(AuthJSONRPCServer):
     """
     LBRYnet daemon, a jsonrpc interface to lbry functions