diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
index 2483d01411cfb8d16b68a54d1558f1e11b429fca..f890d9f7247c1f9cf5a3efe05f10afcf310acb8d 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
@@ -137,15 +137,6 @@ class SimpleSAML_Metadata_SAMLBuilder {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	
-	public static function arrayize($data) {
-		if (is_array($data)) {
-			return $data;
-		} else {
-			return array($data);
-		}
-	}
-
 
 	
 	public function addOrganizationInfo($metadata) {