diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index a7098c1bea..c724d08269 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
@@ -1279,19 +1278,6 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) printTreeNode(noTrunc bool, image *engine.Env, prefix stri
 	}
 }
 
-func displayablePorts(ports *engine.Table) string {
-	result := []string{}
-	for _, port := range ports.Data {
-		if port.Get("IP") == "" {
-			result = append(result, fmt.Sprintf("%d/%s", port.GetInt("PublicPort"), port.Get("Type")))
-		} else {
-			result = append(result, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d->%d/%s", port.Get("IP"), port.GetInt("PublicPort"), port.GetInt("PrivatePort"), port.Get("Type")))
-		}
-	}
-	sort.Strings(result)
-	return strings.Join(result, ", ")
-}
-
 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdPs(args ...string) error {
 	cmd := cli.Subcmd("ps", "[OPTIONS]", "List containers")
 	quiet := cmd.Bool([]string{"q", "-quiet"}, false, "Only display numeric IDs")