diff --git a/app/models/budget_category.rb b/app/models/budget_category.rb
index 7ef6467db..dcecbb252 100644
--- a/app/models/budget_category.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget_category.rb
@@ -140,8 +140,4 @@ class BudgetCategory < ApplicationRecord
       .joins(:category)
       .where(categories: { parent_id: category.id })
   end
-
-  def subcategory?
-    category.parent_id.present?
-  end
 end