diff --git a/src/server/CMakeLists.txt b/src/server/CMakeLists.txt
index eae5662abd4f..2a25f6354514 100644
--- a/src/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ SET ( qgis_mapserv_SRCS
   qgsremotedatasourcebuilder.cpp
   qgssentdatasourcebuilder.cpp
   qgsserverlogger.cpp
-  qgsmapserverutils.cpp
   qgswcsprojectparser.cpp
   qgswfsprojectparser.cpp
   qgswmsconfigparser.cpp
diff --git a/src/server/qgsmapserverutils.cpp b/src/server/qgsmapserverutils.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 86e24a546ddf..000000000000
--- a/src/server/qgsmapserverutils.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************************
-    qgsmapserverutils.cpp
-    ---------------------
-    begin                : August 2010
-    copyright            : (C) 2010 by Marco Hugentobler
-    email                : marco dot hugentobler at sourcepole dot ch
- ***************************************************************************
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
- *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
- *                                                                         *
- ***************************************************************************/
-#include "qgsmapserverutils.h"
-#include "qgslogger.h"
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <QDir>
-#include <QFileInfo>
-#include <QTextStream>
-
-QString QgsMapServerUtils::createTempFilePath()
-{
-
-
-  //save the content of the file into a temporary location
-  //generate a name considering the current time
-  //struct timeval currentTime;
-  //gettimeofday(&currentTime, nullptr);
-
-  time_t seconds;
-  time( &seconds );
-  srand( seconds );
-
-  int randomNumber = rand();
-  QString tempFileName = QString::number( randomNumber );
-  QString tempFilePath;
-  //on windows, store the temporary file in current_path/tmp directory,
-  //on unix, store it in /tmp/qgis_wms_serv
-#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-  QDir tempFileDir( QStringLiteral( "/tmp/qgis_map_serv" ) );
-  if ( !tempFileDir.exists() ) //make sure the directory exists
-  {
-    QDir tmpDir( QStringLiteral( "/tmp" ) );
-    tmpDir.mkdir( QStringLiteral( "qgis_map_serv" ) );
-  }
-  tempFilePath = "/tmp/qgis_map_serv/" + tempFileName;
-#else
-  QDir tempFileDir( QDir::currentPath() + "/tmp" );
-  if ( !tempFileDir.exists() )
-  {
-    QDir currentDir( QDir::currentPath() );
-    currentDir.mkdir( "tmp" );
-  }
-  tempFilePath = QDir::currentPath() + "/tmp" + "/" + tempFileName;
-#endif // Q_OS_WIN
-
-  QFileInfo testFile( tempFilePath );
-  while ( testFile.exists() )
-  {
-    //change the name
-    tempFilePath += QLatin1String( "1" );
-    testFile.setFile( tempFilePath );
-  }
-  QgsDebugMsg( tempFilePath );
-  return tempFilePath;
-}
-
-int QgsMapServerUtils::createTextFile( const QString& filePath, const QString& text )
-{
-  QFile file( filePath );
-  if ( file.open( QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text | QIODevice::Truncate ) )
-  {
-    QTextStream fileStream( &file );
-    fileStream << text;
-    file.close();
-    return 0;
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    return 1;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/server/qgsmapserverutils.h b/src/server/qgsmapserverutils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3af0659151ad..000000000000
--- a/src/server/qgsmapserverutils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************************
-    qgsmapserverutils.h
-    ---------------------
-    begin                : August 2010
-    copyright            : (C) 2010 by Marco Hugentobler
-    email                : marco dot hugentobler at sourcepole dot ch
- ***************************************************************************
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
- *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
- *                                                                         *
- ***************************************************************************/
-#ifndef QGSMAPSERVERUTILS_H
-#define QGSMAPSERVERUTILS_H
-
-#include <QString>
-
-//! Some utility functions that may be included from everywhere in the code
-namespace QgsMapServerUtils
-{
-
-  /** Creates a ramdom filename for a temporary file. This function also creates the directory to store
-     the temporary files if it does not already exist. The directory is /tmp/qgis_map_serv/ under linux or
-     the current working directory on windows*/
-  QString createTempFilePath();
-  //! Stores the specified text in a temporary file. Returns 0 in case of success
-  int createTextFile( const QString& filePath, const QString& text );
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/server/qgsserverplugins.cpp b/src/server/qgsserverplugins.cpp
index 6efc678b940c..cc02fdabcdab 100644
--- a/src/server/qgsserverplugins.cpp
+++ b/src/server/qgsserverplugins.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "qgslogger.h"
 #include "qgspythonutils.h"
 #include "qgsserverlogger.h"
-#include "qgsmapserverutils.h"
 
 #include <QLibrary>