diff --git a/client/rest/proxy.go b/client/rest/proxy.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d1b721018a..0000000000
--- a/client/rest/proxy.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package rest
-
-import (
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core"
-	rpc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/server"
-)
-
-func Routes(c client.Client) map[string]*rpc.RPCFunc {
-	return map[string]*rpc.RPCFunc{
-		// subscribe/unsubscribe are reserved for websocket events.
-		// We can just the core Tendermint implementation, which uses
-		// the EventSwitch that we registered in NewWebsocketManager above.
-		"subscribe":   rpc.NewWSRPCFunc(core.Subscribe, "event"),
-		"unsubscribe": rpc.NewWSRPCFunc(core.Unsubscribe, "event"),
-
-		// info API
-		"status":     rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.Status, ""),
-		"blockchain": rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.BlockchainInfo, "minHeight,maxHeight"),
-		"genesis":    rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.Genesis, ""),
-		"block":      rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.Block, "height"),
-		"commit":     rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.Commit, "height"),
-		"tx":         rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.Tx, "hash.prove"),
-		"validators": rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.Validators, ""),
-
-		// broadcast API
-		"broadcast_tx_commit": rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.BroadcastTxCommit, "tx"),
-		"broadcast_tx_sync":   rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.BroadcastTxSync, "tx"),
-		"broadcast_tx_async":  rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.BroadcastTxAsync, "tx"),
-
-		// abci API
-		"abci_query": rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.ABCIQuery, "path,data,prove"),
-		"abci_info":  rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.ABCIInfo, ""),
-	}
-}