diff --git a/cosmic-applet-network/src/utils.rs b/cosmic-applet-network/src/utils.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f802010f..00000000
--- a/cosmic-applet-network/src/utils.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-use futures_util::future::select;
-
-/// Spawn a background tasks and forward its messages
-pub fn forward_event_loop<M: 'static + Send, T: Future<Output = ()> + Send + 'static>(
-    event_loop: impl FnOnce(async_fn_stream::StreamEmitter<M>) -> T + Send + 'static,
-) -> (tokio::sync::oneshot::Sender<()>, cosmic::Task<M>) {
-    let (cancel_tx, cancel_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel::<()>();
-
-    let task = cosmic::Task::stream(async_fn_stream::fn_stream(|emitter| async move {
-        select(
-            std::pin::pin!(cancel_rx),
-            std::pin::pin!(event_loop(emitter)),
-        )
-        .await;
-    }));
-
-    (cancel_tx, task)
-}