diff --git a/legacy/builder/gohasissues/go_has_issues.go b/legacy/builder/gohasissues/go_has_issues.go
index 60c422ac018..4f24c62c0bf 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/gohasissues/go_has_issues.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/gohasissues/go_has_issues.go
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 func Walk(root string, walkFn filepath.WalkFunc) error {
@@ -127,19 +125,3 @@ func resolveSymlink(parentFolder string, info os.FileInfo) (os.FileInfo, error)
 func isSymlink(info os.FileInfo) bool {
 	return info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0
 }
-
-func Unquote(s string) (string, error) {
-	if stringStartsEndsWith(s, "'") {
-		s = s[1 : len(s)-1]
-	}
-
-	if !stringStartsEndsWith(s, "\"") {
-		return s, nil
-	}
-
-	return strconv.Unquote(s)
-}
-
-func stringStartsEndsWith(s string, c string) bool {
-	return strings.HasPrefix(s, c) && strings.HasSuffix(s, c)
-}
diff --git a/legacy/builder/test/unquote_test.go b/legacy/builder/test/unquote_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 279e21e0a82..00000000000
--- a/legacy/builder/test/unquote_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of Arduino Builder.
- *
- * Arduino Builder is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- *
- * As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software
- * library without restriction.  Specifically, if other files instantiate
- * templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
- * this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
- * file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by
- * the GNU General Public License.  This exception does not however
- * invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
- * the GNU General Public License.
- *
- * Copyright 2015 Arduino LLC (http://www.arduino.cc/)
- */
-
-package test
-
-import (
-	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/gohasissues"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestStrConvUnquote(t *testing.T) {
-	s, err := gohasissues.Unquote("ciao")
-	NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, "ciao", s)
-
-	s, err = gohasissues.Unquote("arduino:avr:uno")
-	NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, "arduino:avr:uno", s)
-
-	s, err = gohasissues.Unquote("\"arduino:avr:uno\"")
-	NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, "arduino:avr:uno", s)
-
-	s, err = gohasissues.Unquote("'arduino:avr:uno'")
-	NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, "arduino:avr:uno", s)
-}