diff --git a/agent/app/service/image_load_response.go b/agent/app/service/image_load_response.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f8b2bba54..000000000
--- a/agent/app/service/image_load_response.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package service
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"io"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/jsonmessage"
-)
-
-// Docker may report load failures in a successful HTTP response's JSON stream.
-func consumeImageLoadResponse(reader io.Reader, log func(string)) error {
-	decoder := json.NewDecoder(reader)
-	for {
-		var message jsonmessage.JSONMessage
-		if err := decoder.Decode(&message); err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-				return nil
-			}
-			return err
-		}
-		if message.Error != nil && message.Error.Message != "" {
-			return message.Error
-		}
-		if message.ErrorMessage != "" {
-			return errors.New(message.ErrorMessage)
-		}
-		if text := strings.TrimSpace(message.Stream); text != "" {
-			log(text)
-		}
-	}
-}