diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/IMediaBody.ts b/src/components/views/messages/IMediaBody.ts
index dcbdfff284..27b5f24275 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/IMediaBody.ts
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/IMediaBody.ts
@@ -14,19 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import EventTile from "../rooms/EventTile";
 import { MediaEventHelper } from "../../../utils/MediaEventHelper";
 
 export interface IMediaBody {
     getMediaHelper(): MediaEventHelper;
 }
-
-export function canTileDownload(tile: EventTile): boolean {
-    if (!tile) return false;
-
-    // Cast so we can check for IMediaBody interface safely.
-    // Note that we don't cast to the IMediaBody interface as that causes IDEs
-    // to complain about conditions always being true.
-    const tileAsAny = <any>tile;
-    return !!tileAsAny.getMediaHelper;
-}
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js b/src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js
index 730a929ddd..1cb86f168d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 import { canCancel } from "../context_menus/MessageContextMenu";
 import Resend from "../../../Resend";
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../MatrixClientPeg";
-import { canTileDownload } from "./IMediaBody";
-import {MediaEventHelper} from "../../../utils/MediaEventHelper";
+import { MediaEventHelper } from "../../../utils/MediaEventHelper";
 
 const OptionsButton = ({ mxEvent, getTile, getReplyThread, permalinkCreator, onFocusChange }) => {
     const [menuDisplayed, button, openMenu, closeMenu] = useContextMenu();