diff --git a/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp b/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
index 25e7c775a0095..e4fcaea6ae0b7 100644
--- a/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
@@ -2,32 +2,10 @@
 #include "llama.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <cmath>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-// mutates the input string
-static std::vector<int> parse_list(char * p) {
-    std::vector<int> ret;
-
-    char * q = p;
-
-    while (*p) {
-        if (*p == ',') {
-            *p = '\0';
-            ret.push_back(std::atoi(q));
-            q = p + 1;
-        }
-
-        ++p;
-    }
-
-    ret.push_back(std::atoi(q));
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
 static void print_usage(int argc, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     gpt_params_print_usage(argc, argv, params);