diff --git a/caravel/utils.py b/caravel/utils.py
index 4e3579f5fe12..05fb32528746 100644
--- a/caravel/utils.py
+++ b/caravel/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from datetime import datetime
-import hashlib
 import functools
 import json
 import logging
@@ -137,43 +136,6 @@ def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
         return value
 
 
-class ColorFactory(object):
-
-    """Used to generated arrays of colors server side"""
-
-    BNB_COLORS = [
-        # rausch    hackb      kazan      babu      lima        beach     barol
-        '#ff5a5f', '#7b0051', '#007A87', '#00d1c1', '#8ce071', '#ffb400', '#b4a76c',
-        '#ff8083', '#cc0086', '#00a1b3', '#00ffeb', '#bbedab', '#ffd266', '#cbc29a',
-        '#ff3339', '#ff1ab1', '#005c66', '#00b3a5', '#55d12e', '#b37e00', '#988b4e',
-    ]
-
-    def __init__(self, hash_based=False):
-        self.d = {}
-        self.hash_based = hash_based
-
-    def get(self, s):
-        """Gets a color from a string and memoize the association
-
-        >>> cf = ColorFactory()
-        >>> cf.get('item_1')
-        u'#ff5a5f'
-        >>> cf.get('item_2')
-        u'#7b0051'
-        >>> cf.get('item_1')
-        u'#ff5a5f'
-        """
-        if self.hash_based:
-            s = s.encode('utf-8')
-            h = hashlib.md5(s)
-            i = int(h.hexdigest(), 16)
-        else:
-            if s not in self.d:
-                self.d[s] = len(self.d)
-            i = self.d[s]
-        return self.BNB_COLORS[i % len(self.BNB_COLORS)]
-
-
 def init(caravel):
     """Inits the Caravel application with security roles and such"""
     db = caravel.db