diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Helper.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Helper.java
index 4af04df543..593d1190ca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Helper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Helper.java
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ import android.provider.DocumentsContract;
 import android.security.KeyChain;
 import android.security.KeyChainAliasCallback;
 import android.security.KeyChainException;
-import android.text.Spannable;
-import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.text.format.Time;
@@ -719,13 +717,6 @@ public class Helper {
         return text.substring(0, maxLen) + "...";
     }
 
-    static void clearComposingText(Spannable text) {
-        Object[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), Object.class);
-        for (Object span : spans)
-            if ((text.getSpanFlags(span) & Spanned.SPAN_COMPOSING) != 0)
-                text.removeSpan(span);
-    }
-
     static String localizeFolderType(Context context, String type) {
         int resid = context.getResources().getIdentifier(
                 "title_folder_" + type.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT),