diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index c2625f7..f482ac7 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package repolist
 
 import (
-	"unicode"
-
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/repostatus"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -178,21 +176,3 @@ func (rl *RepoList) TotalGo() int {
 	}
 	return count
 }
-
-func trimNonNumericFromStart(s string) string {
-	for i, r := range s {
-		if unicode.IsDigit(r) {
-			return s[i:]
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func ValidDebianPackageVersion(v string) string {
-	newv := trimNonNumericFromStart(v)
-	if newv == "" {
-		newv = "0.0"
-	}
-	log.Info("ValidDebianPackageVersion:", newv)
-	return newv
-}