diff --git a/appservice/query/query.go b/appservice/query/query.go
index 35339539d..b4c335287 100644
--- a/appservice/query/query.go
+++ b/appservice/query/query.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/config"
@@ -160,10 +159,3 @@ func (a *AppServiceQueryAPI) UserIDExists(
 	response.UserIDExists = false
 	return nil
 }
-
-// makeHTTPClient creates an HTTP client with certain options that will be used for all query requests to application services
-func makeHTTPClient() *http.Client {
-	return &http.Client{
-		Timeout: time.Second * 30,
-	}
-}