diff --git a/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js b/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
index ce08e3bfd..15d2a8c1d 100644
--- a/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
+++ b/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import employee from "./employee.js";
 import organisationunit from "./organisationunit.js";
 import student from "./student.js";
 import prestudent from "./prestudent.js";
-import uuid from "../../helpers/UUID.js";
 
 export default {
     props: [ "searchoptions", "searchfunction" ],
diff --git a/public/js/helpers/UUID.js b/public/js/helpers/UUID.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c08c1237..000000000
--- a/public/js/helpers/UUID.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-const uuid41 = () => {
-	const b = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint16Array(8));
-	const d = [].map.call(b, a => a.toString(16).padStart(4, '0')).join('');
-	const vr = (((b[5] >> 12) & 3) | 8).toString(16);
-	return `${d.substr(0, 8)}-${d.substr(8, 4)}-4${d.substr(13, 3)}-${vr}${d.substr(17, 3)}-${d.substr(20, 12)}`;
-};
-
-export default uuid41;
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