diff --git a/pylast/__init__.py b/pylast/__init__.py
index 67e1533..333768b 100644
--- a/pylast/__init__.py
+++ b/pylast/__init__.py
@@ -2873,37 +2873,6 @@ def _extract(node, name, index=0):
         return None
 
 
-def _extract_element_tree(node):
-    """Extract an element tree into a multi-level dictionary
-
-    NB: If any elements have text nodes as well as nested
-    elements this will ignore the text nodes"""
-
-    def _recurse_build_tree(rootNode, targetDict):
-        """Recursively build a multi-level dict"""
-
-        def _has_child_elements(rootNode):
-            """Check if an element has any nested (child) elements"""
-
-            for node in rootNode.childNodes:
-                if node.nodeType == node.ELEMENT_NODE:
-                    return True
-            return False
-
-        for node in rootNode.childNodes:
-            if node.nodeType == node.ELEMENT_NODE:
-                if _has_child_elements(node):
-                    targetDict[node.tagName] = {}
-                    _recurse_build_tree(node, targetDict[node.tagName])
-                else:
-                    val = None if node.firstChild is None else \
-                        _unescape_htmlentity(node.firstChild.data.strip())
-                    targetDict[node.tagName] = val
-        return targetDict
-
-    return _recurse_build_tree(node, {})
-
-
 def _extract_all(node, name, limit_count=None):
     """Extracts all the values from the xml string. returning a list."""
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pylast.py b/tests/test_pylast.py
index ff92784..91c51d6 100755
--- a/tests/test_pylast.py
+++ b/tests/test_pylast.py
@@ -624,15 +624,6 @@ class TestPyLast(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(thing2.item, expected_type)
         self.assertNotEqual(thing1, thing2)
 
-    def helper_two_things_in_list(self, things, expected_type):
-        # Assert
-        self.assertEqual(len(things), 2)
-        self.assertIsInstance(things, list)
-        thing1 = things[0]
-        thing2 = things[1]
-        self.assertIsInstance(thing1, expected_type)
-        self.assertIsInstance(thing2, expected_type)
-
     def test_user_get_top_tags_with_limit(self):
         # Arrange
         user = self.network.get_user("RJ")