diff --git a/codec/json.go b/codec/json.go
index c1449cc73..61099a714 100644
--- a/codec/json.go
+++ b/codec/json.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package codec
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
 
@@ -10,19 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
-// MarshalIndentFromJSON returns indented JSON-encoded bytes from already encoded
-// JSON bytes. The output encoding will adhere to the original input's encoding
-// (e.g. Proto3).
-func MarshalIndentFromJSON(bz []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	var generic interface{}
-
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(bz, &generic); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return json.MarshalIndent(generic, "", "  ")
-}
-
 // ProtoMarshalJSON provides an auxiliary function to return Proto3 JSON encoded
 // bytes of a message.
 func ProtoMarshalJSON(msg proto.Message) ([]byte, error) {