diff --git a/module_build_service/manage.py b/module_build_service/manage.py
index ae226d42..5d70d962 100644
--- a/module_build_service/manage.py
+++ b/module_build_service/manage.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import moksha.hub.reactor
 from module_build_service import app, conf, db
 from module_build_service import models
 from module_build_service.pdc import (
-    get_pdc_client_session, get_module, get_module_runtime_dependencies,
+    get_pdc_client_session, get_module,
     get_module_tag, get_module_build_dependencies)
 from module_build_service.utils import (
     submit_module_build_from_scm,
@@ -100,29 +100,6 @@ def _establish_ssl_context():
     return ssl_ctx
 
 
-@manager.command
-def testpdc():
-    """ A helper function to test PDC interaction
-    """
-    cfg = conf
-    cfg.pdc_url = "http://modularity.fedorainfracloud.org:8080/rest_api/v1"
-    cfg.pdc_insecure = True
-    cfg.pdc_develop = True
-
-    pdc_session = get_pdc_client_session(cfg)
-    module = get_module(pdc_session, {'name': 'testmodule', 'version': '4.3.43',
-                                      'release': '1'})
-
-    if module:
-        print("pdc_data=%s" % str(module))
-        print("deps=%s" % get_module_runtime_dependencies(pdc_session, module))
-        print("build_deps=%s" % get_module_build_dependencies(
-            pdc_session, module))
-        print("tag=%s" % get_module_tag(pdc_session, module))
-    else:
-        print('module was not found')
-
-
 @console_script_help
 @manager.command
 def upgradedb():
diff --git a/module_build_service/pdc.py b/module_build_service/pdc.py
index 399df354..47d849d3 100644
--- a/module_build_service/pdc.py
+++ b/module_build_service/pdc.py
@@ -331,27 +331,6 @@ def module_depsolving_wrapper(session, modules, strict=True):
     return list(module_tags)
 
 
-def get_module_runtime_dependencies(session, module_info, strict=False):
-    """
-    :param session : PDCClient instance
-    :param module_info : a dict containing filters for pdc
-    :param strict: Normally this function returns None if no module can be
-           found.  If strict=True, then a ValueError is raised.
-
-    Example minimal module_info {'variant_id': module_name, 'variant_version': module_version, 'variant_type': 'module'}
-    """
-    log.debug("get_module_runtime_dependencies(%r, strict=%r)" % (module_info, strict))
-    # XXX get definitive list of modules
-
-    deps = []
-    module_info = get_module(session, module_info, strict=strict)
-    if module_info and module_info.get('runtime_deps', None):
-        deps = [dict(variant_id=x['dependency'], variant_stream=x['stream'])
-                for x in module_info['runtime_deps']]
-        deps = module_depsolving_wrapper(session, deps, strict=strict)
-
-    return deps
-
 def get_module_build_dependencies(session, module_info, strict=False):
     """
     :param session : PDCClient instance