diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
index d55ab50e..03fb3f7b 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
@@ -526,23 +526,6 @@ class App(Base):
     def strip_module_from_spec(self, mod):
         return re.sub(r'-dev$|-devel$|-run$', '', re.split('([=><]+)', mod)[0].strip())
 
-    @cache
-    def get_section(self, path: str, section: str) -> str:
-        ret = ''
-        pat = '[' + section + ']'
-        in_section = False
-        file = open(path)
-        for line in file:
-            if line.rstrip() == pat:
-                in_section = True
-                continue
-            if in_section:
-                if len(line) and line[0] == '[':
-                    break
-                ret += line
-        file.close()
-        return ret.rstrip()
-
     @cache
     def get_value(self, project: str, section: str, key: str) -> str | None:
         ret: str | None