diff --git a/pkg/connector/scopes.go b/pkg/connector/scopes.go
index a70325a3d..3ad8a4a91 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/scopes.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/scopes.go
@@ -76,21 +76,3 @@ func UnionScopes(scopeSets ...[]string) []string {
 	sort.Strings(out)
 	return out
 }
-
-// ScopesCover reports whether `granted` already contains every scope in
-// `required`. An empty `required` set is trivially covered.
-func ScopesCover(granted, required []string) bool {
-	if len(required) == 0 {
-		return true
-	}
-	grantedSet := make(map[string]struct{}, len(granted))
-	for _, s := range granted {
-		grantedSet[s] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	for _, r := range required {
-		if _, ok := grantedSet[r]; !ok {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
diff --git a/pkg/connector/scopes_test.go b/pkg/connector/scopes_test.go
index fe60ba966..822557aa8 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/scopes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/scopes_test.go
@@ -72,30 +72,6 @@ func TestUnionScopes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestScopesCover(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cases := []struct {
-		name     string
-		granted  []string
-		required []string
-		want     bool
-	}{
-		{"empty required is covered", []string{"a"}, []string{}, true},
-		{"empty granted does not cover non-empty required", []string{}, []string{"a"}, false},
-		{"exact match", []string{"a", "b"}, []string{"a", "b"}, true},
-		{"granted superset", []string{"a", "b", "c"}, []string{"a", "b"}, true},
-		{"missing one", []string{"a"}, []string{"a", "b"}, false},
-		{"reordered match", []string{"b", "a"}, []string{"a", "b"}, true},
-	}
-	for _, c := range cases {
-		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-			assert.Equal(t, c.want, ScopesCover(c.granted, c.required))
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestFormatScopeString(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()