diff --git a/src/memory.rs b/src/memory.rs
index be4433b8..d356dc92 100644
--- a/src/memory.rs
+++ b/src/memory.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use x86_64::{
     structures::paging::{MappedPageTable, MapperAllSizes, PageTable, PhysFrame},
-    PhysAddr, VirtAddr,
+    VirtAddr,
 };
 
 /// Initialize a new MappedPageTable.
@@ -36,53 +36,3 @@ unsafe fn active_level_4_table(physical_memory_offset: u64) -> &'static mut Page
 
     &mut *page_table_ptr // unsafe
 }
-
-/// Translates the given virtual address to the mapped physical address, or
-/// `None` if the address is not mapped.
-///
-/// This function is unsafe because the caller must guarantee that the
-/// complete physical memory is mapped to virtual memory at the passed
-/// `physical_memory_offset`.
-pub unsafe fn translate_addr(addr: VirtAddr, physical_memory_offset: u64) -> Option<PhysAddr> {
-    translate_addr_inner(addr, physical_memory_offset)
-}
-
-/// Private function that is called by `translate_addr`.
-///
-/// This function is safe to limit the scope of `unsafe` because Rust treats
-/// the whole body of unsafe functions as an unsafe block. This function must
-/// only be reachable through `unsafe fn` from outside of this module.
-fn translate_addr_inner(addr: VirtAddr, physical_memory_offset: u64) -> Option<PhysAddr> {
-    use x86_64::registers::control::Cr3;
-    use x86_64::structures::paging::page_table::FrameError;
-
-    // read the active level 4 frame from the CR3 register
-    let (level_4_table_frame, _) = Cr3::read();
-
-    let table_indexes = [
-        addr.p4_index(),
-        addr.p3_index(),
-        addr.p2_index(),
-        addr.p1_index(),
-    ];
-    let mut frame = level_4_table_frame;
-
-    // traverse the multi-level page table
-    for &index in &table_indexes {
-        // convert the frame into a page table reference
-        let virt = frame.start_address().as_u64() + physical_memory_offset;
-        let table_ptr: *const PageTable = VirtAddr::new(virt).as_ptr();
-        let table = unsafe { &*table_ptr };
-
-        // read the page table entry and update `frame`
-        let entry = &table[index];
-        frame = match entry.frame() {
-            Ok(frame) => frame,
-            Err(FrameError::FrameNotPresent) => return None,
-            Err(FrameError::HugeFrame) => panic!("huge pages not supported"),
-        };
-    }
-
-    // calculate the physical address by adding the page offset
-    Some(frame.start_address() + u64::from(addr.page_offset()))
-}