diff --git a/src/lib/files.c b/src/lib/files.c
index 18cdf6b..ea57d3c 100644
--- a/src/lib/files.c
+++ b/src/lib/files.c
@@ -79,60 +79,6 @@ bool cbm_files_match(const char *p1, const char *p2)
         return false;
 }
 
-char *get_part_uuid(const char *path)
-{
-        struct stat st = { 0 };
-        autofree(char) *node = NULL;
-        blkid_probe probe = NULL;
-        const char *value = NULL;
-        char *ret = NULL;
-
-        if (stat(path, &st) != 0) {
-                LOG_ERROR("Path does not exist: %s", path);
-                return NULL;
-        }
-
-        if (major(st.st_dev) == 0) {
-                LOG_ERROR("Invalid block device: %s", path);
-                return NULL;
-        }
-
-        if (asprintf(&node, "/dev/block/%u:%u", major(st.st_dev), minor(st.st_dev)) < 0) {
-                DECLARE_OOM();
-                return NULL;
-        }
-
-        probe = blkid_new_probe_from_filename(node);
-        if (!probe) {
-                LOG_ERROR("Unable to probe %u:%u", major(st.st_dev), minor(st.st_dev));
-                return NULL;
-        }
-
-        blkid_probe_enable_superblocks(probe, 1);
-        blkid_probe_set_superblocks_flags(probe, BLKID_SUBLKS_TYPE);
-        blkid_probe_enable_partitions(probe, 1);
-        blkid_probe_set_partitions_flags(probe, BLKID_PARTS_ENTRY_DETAILS);
-
-        if (blkid_do_safeprobe(probe) != 0) {
-                LOG_ERROR("Error probing filesystem: %s", strerror(errno));
-                goto clean;
-        }
-
-        if (blkid_probe_lookup_value(probe, "PART_ENTRY_UUID", &value, NULL) != 0) {
-                LOG_ERROR("Unable to find UUID for %s: %s", node, strerror(errno));
-                value = NULL;
-                goto clean;
-        }
-
-        LOG_DEBUG("UUID for %s is %s", node, value);
-
-        ret = strdup(value);
-clean:
-        blkid_free_probe(probe);
-        errno = 0;
-        return ret;
-}
-
 char *get_boot_device()
 {
         glob_t glo = { 0 };
diff --git a/src/lib/files.h b/src/lib/files.h
index 50c9bab..5066bfa 100644
--- a/src/lib/files.h
+++ b/src/lib/files.h
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ typedef struct CbmMappedFile {
         size_t length; /**< Length of the mmap()'d file (see fstat) */
 } CbmMappedFile;
 
-/**
- * Get the PartUUID for a given path
- *
- * @param path Path to get the PartUUID for
- * @return a newly allocated string, or NULL on error
- */
-char *get_part_uuid(const char *path);
-
 /**
  * Return the UEFI device that is used for booting (/boot)
  *
diff --git a/tests/check-files.c b/tests/check-files.c
index 62cf567..a06639f 100644
--- a/tests/check-files.c
+++ b/tests/check-files.c
@@ -56,22 +56,6 @@ START_TEST(bootman_match_test)
 }
 END_TEST
 
-START_TEST(bootman_uuid_test)
-{
-        if (geteuid() != 0) {
-                LOG_INFO("Skipping UUID test as root privileges are required");
-                return;
-        }
-        const char *path = TOP_DIR "/tests/data/hashfile";
-        autofree(char) *puuid = NULL;
-
-        puuid = get_part_uuid(path);
-        fail_if(!puuid, "Failed to get filesystem UUID");
-
-        LOG_INFO("PUUID: %s", puuid);
-}
-END_TEST
-
 START_TEST(bootman_find_boot)
 {
         if (!nc_file_exists("/sys/firmware/efi")) {
@@ -105,7 +89,6 @@ static Suite *core_suite(void)
         s = suite_create("bootman_files");
         tc = tcase_create("bootman_files");
         tcase_add_test(tc, bootman_match_test);
-        tcase_add_test(tc, bootman_uuid_test);
         tcase_add_test(tc, bootman_mount_test);
         tcase_add_test(tc, bootman_find_boot);
         suite_add_tcase(s, tc);