diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackend.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackend.java
index 449bfdf42a87521c65bd4fa540a27df4a44777f4..6deb39b6d33a38ab613e2c15123139f72497b6c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackend.java
@@ -41,7 +41,4 @@ public interface VOSpaceBackend {
     public File returnFile(String orig_f_name)
                       throws VOSpaceBackendException, SQLException, IOException;
     
-    public boolean deleteFile(String orig_f_name) 
-                      throws VOSpaceBackendException, SQLException;
-    
 }