diff --git a/packages/api/src/tasks/checkAlerts.ts b/packages/api/src/tasks/checkAlerts.ts
index f898b38bc..67ef762fc 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/tasks/checkAlerts.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/tasks/checkAlerts.ts
@@ -131,19 +131,6 @@ type AlertMessageTemplateDefaultView = {
   };
   value: number;
 };
-const extractChannels = (template: string) => {
-  const matches = template.match(/@([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/g);
-  return matches
-    ? matches.map(match => {
-        // @webhook-1234_5678
-        const [channel, id] = match.substring(1).split('-');
-        return {
-          channel,
-          id,
-        };
-      })
-    : [];
-};
 const notifyChannel = async ({
   channel,
   id,