diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index be7e58f57..ee6dde228 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ _.extend atom,
     else
       throw new Error("Could not resolve '#{id}' to a package path")
 
-  packageExists: (id) ->
-    if fsUtils.isDirectory(id)
-      true
-    else
-      fsUtils.isDirectory(fsUtils.resolve(config.packageDirPaths..., id))
-
   resolvePackagePath: _.memoize (id) ->
     return id if fsUtils.isDirectory(id)
     path = fsUtils.resolve(config.packageDirPaths..., id)