diff --git a/geospaas/utils/utils.py b/geospaas/utils/utils.py
index 48e09ab0..5cf71fca 100644
--- a/geospaas/utils/utils.py
+++ b/geospaas/utils/utils.py
@@ -14,39 +14,11 @@
 except ImportError:
     from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from django.conf import settings
-
-def module_path(module, root):
-    media_path = root
-    for m in module.split('.'):
-        media_path = os.path.join(media_path, m)
-        if not os.path.exists(media_path):
-            os.mkdir(media_path)
-    return media_path
-
-
-def path(module, filename, root):
-    mp = module_path(module, root)
-
-    # Get the path of media files created from <filename>
-    basename = os.path.split(filename)[-1].split('.')[0]
-    dataset_path = os.path.join(mp, basename)
-    if not os.path.exists(dataset_path):
-        os.mkdir(dataset_path)
-
-    return dataset_path
-
-def media_path(module, filename):
-    return path(module, filename, settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
-
-def product_path(module, filename):
-    return path(module, filename, settings.PRODUCTS_ROOT)
-
 def validate_uri(uri):
     """ Validation of URI and its existence
 
     URI conventions: URI = scheme:[//authority]path[?query][#fragment]
-    
+
     Examples:
         file://localhost/some/path/filename.ext
         http://www.eee.rrr/some/path
@@ -69,23 +41,3 @@ def validate_uri(uri):
                 ds = Dataset(uri)
             except OSError:
                 ds = Dataset(uri+'#fillmismatch')
-
-
-def nansat_filename(uri):
-    # Check if data should be read as stream or as file? Or just:
-    # open with Nansat
-    uri_content = urlparse(uri)
-    if uri_content.scheme=='file':
-        return uri_content.path
-    elif uri_content.scheme=='ftp':
-        return urllib.urlretrieve(uri)[0]
-    else:
-        return uri
-
-def uris_from_args(fnames):
-    if len(fnames[0].split(':'))==1:
-        uris = ['file://localhost' + fn for fn in fnames]
-    else:
-        uris = [uri for uri in fnames]
-    return uris
-