diff --git a/container/mts/psi/helpers.go b/container/mts/psi/helpers.go
index 1a780f81..18287fc3 100644
--- a/container/mts/psi/helpers.go
+++ b/container/mts/psi/helpers.go
@@ -75,17 +75,6 @@ func SyntaxSecLenFrom(p []byte) int {
 	return int(((p[SyntaxSecLenIdx1] & SyntaxSecLenMask1) << 8) | p[SyntaxSecLenIdx2])
 }
 
-// TimeFrom takes a byte slice representation of a psi-pmt and extracts it's
-// timestamp, returning as a uint64 if it exists, otherwise returning 0 and nil
-// if it does not exist
-func TimeFrom(p []byte) (t uint64, err error) {
-	if !HasTime(p) {
-		return 0, errors.New("pmt does not have a time descriptor")
-	}
-	t = binary.BigEndian.Uint64(p[TimeDataIndx : TimeDataIndx+TimeDataSize])
-	return t, nil
-}
-
 // LocationFrom takes a byte slice representation of a psi-pmt and extracts it's
 // timestamp, returning as a uint64 if it exists, otherwise returning 0 and nil
 // if it does not exist
diff --git a/container/mts/psi/psi_test.go b/container/mts/psi/psi_test.go
index 657ed533..57780878 100644
--- a/container/mts/psi/psi_test.go
+++ b/container/mts/psi/psi_test.go
@@ -313,17 +313,6 @@ func TestTimeUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestTimeGet tsts to see if we can correctly get the timestamp from a pmt
-func TestTimeGet(t *testing.T) {
-	s, err := TimeFrom(pmtTimeBytes1)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Getting timestamp failed with err: %v", err)
-	}
-	if s != tstTime1 {
-		t.Errorf(errCmp, "TestTimeGet", tstTime1, s)
-	}
-}
-
 // TestLocationGet checks that we can correctly get location data from a pmt table
 func TestLocationGet(t *testing.T) {
 	pb := standardPmtWithMeta.Bytes()