diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/api/ApiParameterHelper.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/api/ApiParameterHelper.java
index 5335fd31a..b29378b4e 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/api/ApiParameterHelper.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/api/ApiParameterHelper.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.serialization.JsonParserHelper;
-import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.security.utils.SQLInjectionValidator;
 
 public final class ApiParameterHelper {
 
@@ -166,13 +165,6 @@ public final class ApiParameterHelper {
         return queryParams.getFirst("genericResultSet") != null;
     }
 
-    public static String sqlEncodeString(final String str) {
-        final String singleQuote = "'";
-        final String twoSingleQuotes = "''";
-        SQLInjectionValidator.validateSQLInput(str);
-        return singleQuote + StringUtils.replace(str, singleQuote, twoSingleQuotes, -1) + singleQuote;
-    }
-
     public static Map<String, String> asMap(final MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParameters) {
 
         final Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>(queryParameters.size());