diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/middleware.go b/pkg/webhooks/middleware.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fb44ae4f8..0000000000
--- a/pkg/webhooks/middleware.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package webhooks
-
-import (
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func timeoutHandler(h http.Handler, timeout time.Duration) http.HandlerFunc {
-	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		var timeoutHandler http.Handler
-		msg := "ok"
-		timeoutHandler = http.TimeoutHandler(h, timeout*time.Second, msg)
-		timeoutHandler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-	}
-}