diff --git a/src/tasks/categorization.ts b/src/tasks/categorization.ts
index 3b935fb..391e36b 100644
--- a/src/tasks/categorization.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/categorization.ts
@@ -326,24 +326,6 @@ export function findMissingComments(
   return missingComments;
 }
 
-/**
- * Parses a JSON string representing topics into an array of Topic objects.
- *
- * @param topicsJsonString The JSON string to parse.
- * @returns An array of Topic objects.
- * @throws An error if the input is not a valid JSON string representing an array of Topic objects.
- */
-export function parseTopicsJson(topicsJsonString: string): Topic[] {
-  try {
-    return JSON.parse(topicsJsonString);
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid topics JSON string. Please provide a valid JSON array of Topic objects,
-      JSON parse error: ${error}`
-    );
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Processes the categorized comments, validating them and updating the categorized and uncategorized arrays.
  *