diff --git a/src/app/text-mate-package.coffee b/src/app/text-mate-package.coffee
index cfad66e04..a6ddf0d03 100644
--- a/src/app/text-mate-package.coffee
+++ b/src/app/text-mate-package.coffee
@@ -76,18 +76,6 @@ class TextMatePackage extends Package
 
     scopedProperties
 
-  readObjectFromPath: (path, callback) ->
-    object = null
-    error = null
-    if CSON.isObjectPath(path)
-      object = CSON.readObject(path)
-    else
-      plist.parseString fs.read(path), (e, data) ->
-        error = e
-        object = data[0]
-    error = throw new Error("Failed to load object at path `#{path}`") unless object
-    callback(error, object)
-
   getTextMatePreferenceObjects: ->
     preferenceObjects = []
     if fs.exists(@preferencesPath)