diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/instance.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/instance.go
index 77ece3a95c..3ebd49deb8 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/instance.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstacktasks/instance.go
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ func (e *Instance) GetDependencies(tasks map[string]fi.CloudupTask) []fi.Cloudup
 
 var _ fi.CompareWithID = &Instance{}
 
-// TODO: delete this as this function is not used anywhere?
-func (e *Instance) WaitForStatusActive(t *openstack.OpenstackAPITarget) error {
-	return servers.WaitForStatus(t.Cloud.ComputeClient(), *e.ID, "ACTIVE", 120)
-}
-
 func (e *Instance) CompareWithID() *string {
 	return e.ID
 }