diff --git a/app/sql.js b/app/sql.js
index 4a246d3c7..5b95a6c64 100644
--- a/app/sql.js
+++ b/app/sql.js
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ module.exports = {
   getPublicConversationsByServer,
   getPubkeysInPublicConversation,
   getAllConversationIds,
-  getAllPrivateConversations,
   getAllGroupsInvolvingId,
   removeAllConversations,
   removeAllPrivateConversations,
@@ -1948,16 +1947,6 @@ async function getAllConversationIds() {
   return map(rows, row => row.id);
 }
 
-async function getAllPrivateConversations() {
-  const rows = await db.all(
-    `SELECT json FROM ${CONVERSATIONS_TABLE} WHERE
-      type = 'private'
-     ORDER BY id ASC;`
-  );
-
-  return map(rows, row => jsonToObject(row.json));
-}
-
 async function getAllPublicConversations() {
   const rows = await db.all(
     `SELECT json FROM conversations WHERE
diff --git a/js/modules/data.d.ts b/js/modules/data.d.ts
index 17ac87ebc..0f70dd4da 100644
--- a/js/modules/data.d.ts
+++ b/js/modules/data.d.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ export function getAllConversations({
 }): Promise<Array<ConversationCollection>>;
 
 export function getAllConversationIds(): Promise<Array<string>>;
-export function getAllPrivateConversations(): Promise<Array<string>>;
 export function getAllPublicConversations(): Promise<Array<string>>;
 export function getPublicConversationsByServer(
   server: string,
diff --git a/js/modules/data.js b/js/modules/data.js
index 6de00db8c..35417200a 100644
--- a/js/modules/data.js
+++ b/js/modules/data.js
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ module.exports = {
 
   getAllConversations,
   getAllConversationIds,
-  getAllPrivateConversations,
   getAllPublicConversations,
   getPublicConversationsByServer,
   getPubkeysInPublicConversation,
@@ -819,14 +818,6 @@ async function getAllPublicConversations({ ConversationCollection }) {
   return collection;
 }
 
-async function getAllPrivateConversations({ ConversationCollection }) {
-  const conversations = await channels.getAllPrivateConversations();
-
-  const collection = new ConversationCollection();
-  collection.add(conversations);
-  return collection;
-}
-
 async function getPubkeysInPublicConversation(id) {
   return channels.getPubkeysInPublicConversation(id);
 }