diff --git a/internal/state/time.go b/internal/state/time.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c0770b3af..000000000
--- a/internal/state/time.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-package state
-
-import (
-	"sort"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// weightedTime for computing a median.
-type weightedTime struct {
-	Time   time.Time
-	Weight int64
-}
-
-// newWeightedTime with time and weight.
-func newWeightedTime(time time.Time, weight int64) *weightedTime {
-	return &weightedTime{
-		Time:   time,
-		Weight: weight,
-	}
-}
-
-// weightedMedian computes weighted median time for a given array of WeightedTime and the total voting power.
-func weightedMedian(weightedTimes []*weightedTime, totalVotingPower int64) (res time.Time) {
-	median := totalVotingPower / 2
-
-	sort.Slice(weightedTimes, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if weightedTimes[i] == nil {
-			return false
-		}
-		if weightedTimes[j] == nil {
-			return true
-		}
-		return weightedTimes[i].Time.UnixNano() < weightedTimes[j].Time.UnixNano()
-	})
-
-	for _, weightedTime := range weightedTimes {
-		if weightedTime != nil {
-			if median <= weightedTime.Weight {
-				res = weightedTime.Time
-				break
-			}
-			median -= weightedTime.Weight
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
diff --git a/internal/state/time_test.go b/internal/state/time_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5da97e819..000000000
--- a/internal/state/time_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-package state
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
-	tmtime "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/time"
-)
-
-func TestWeightedMedian(t *testing.T) {
-	m := make([]*weightedTime, 3)
-
-	t1 := tmtime.Now()
-	t2 := t1.Add(5 * time.Second)
-	t3 := t1.Add(10 * time.Second)
-
-	m[2] = newWeightedTime(t1, 33) // faulty processes
-	m[0] = newWeightedTime(t2, 40) // correct processes
-	m[1] = newWeightedTime(t3, 27) // correct processes
-	totalVotingPower := int64(100)
-
-	median := weightedMedian(m, totalVotingPower)
-	assert.Equal(t, t2, median)
-	// median always returns value between values of correct processes
-	assert.Equal(t, true, (median.After(t1) || median.Equal(t1)) &&
-		(median.Before(t3) || median.Equal(t3)))
-
-	m[1] = newWeightedTime(t1, 40) // correct processes
-	m[2] = newWeightedTime(t2, 27) // correct processes
-	m[0] = newWeightedTime(t3, 33) // faulty processes
-	totalVotingPower = int64(100)
-
-	median = weightedMedian(m, totalVotingPower)
-	assert.Equal(t, t2, median)
-	// median always returns value between values of correct processes
-	assert.Equal(t, true, (median.After(t1) || median.Equal(t1)) &&
-		(median.Before(t2) || median.Equal(t2)))
-
-	m = make([]*weightedTime, 8)
-	t4 := t1.Add(15 * time.Second)
-	t5 := t1.Add(60 * time.Second)
-
-	m[3] = newWeightedTime(t1, 10) // correct processes
-	m[1] = newWeightedTime(t2, 10) // correct processes
-	m[5] = newWeightedTime(t2, 10) // correct processes
-	m[4] = newWeightedTime(t3, 23) // faulty processes
-	m[0] = newWeightedTime(t4, 20) // correct processes
-	m[7] = newWeightedTime(t5, 10) // faulty processes
-	totalVotingPower = int64(83)
-
-	median = weightedMedian(m, totalVotingPower)
-	assert.Equal(t, t3, median)
-	// median always returns value between values of correct processes
-	assert.Equal(t, true, (median.After(t1) || median.Equal(t1)) &&
-		(median.Before(t4) || median.Equal(t4)))
-}