diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index a8ab1936..b3b03742 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -186,15 +186,3 @@ func cleanUpMapValue(v interface{}) interface{} {
 		return v
 	}
 }
-
-// convertCmdStrToCmdArray checks if cmd string is blank (whitespace included)
-// then returns empty string array, else returns the split word array of cmd.
-// This is to ensure the result will never be []string{""}
-func convertCmdStrToCmdArray(cmd string) []string {
-	var cmdArray []string
-	trimmedCmdStr := strings.TrimSpace(cmd)
-	if trimmedCmdStr != "" {
-		cmdArray = strings.Split(trimmedCmdStr, ",")
-	}
-	return cmdArray
-}