diff --git a/planemo/galaxy/activity.py b/planemo/galaxy/activity.py
index 5f8d0dd80..a85deb95e 100644
--- a/planemo/galaxy/activity.py
+++ b/planemo/galaxy/activity.py
@@ -763,10 +763,6 @@ def _history_id(gi, **kwds) -> str:
     return history_id
 
 
-def get_dict_from_workflow(gi, workflow_id, instance=False):
-    return gi.workflows._get(workflow_id, params={"instance": instance})
-
-
 def wait_for_invocation_and_jobs(
     ctx, invocation_id: str, history_id: str, user_gi: GalaxyInstance, no_wait: bool, polling_backoff: int
 ):