diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/HTTP.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/HTTP.php
index d43c45a5f174cb7d49865a803ad858337e217bc9..402901b67f67f9459cfbbe83ea6a72dc60f59cc6 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/HTTP.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/HTTP.php
@@ -675,23 +675,6 @@ class HTTP
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieve the first element of the URL path.
-     *
-     * @param boolean $leadingSlash Whether to add a leading slash to the element or not. Defaults to true.
-     *
-     * @return string The first element of the URL path, with an optional, leading slash.
-     *
-     */
-    public function getFirstPathElement(bool $leadingSlash = true): string
-    {
-        if (preg_match('|^/(.*?)/|', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], $matches)) {
-            return ($leadingSlash ? '/' : '') . $matches[1];
-        }
-        return '';
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * Create a link which will POST data.
      *
diff --git a/modules/admin/lib/Controller/Config.php b/modules/admin/lib/Controller/Config.php
index 42d0b580ee9d78ed56a8c3b144ed642ed2fda9f8..4d582c19b0044f998b1a970e831b59c8cbdcd1ec 100644
--- a/modules/admin/lib/Controller/Config.php
+++ b/modules/admin/lib/Controller/Config.php
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ class Config
                 'getSelfURLHost()' => [$this->httpUtils->getSelfURLHost()],
                 'getSelfURLNoQuery()' => [$this->httpUtils->getSelfURLNoQuery()],
                 'getSelfHostWithPath()' => [$this->httpUtils->getSelfHostWithPath()],
-                'getFirstPathElement()' => [$this->httpUtils->getFirstPathElement()],
                 'getSelfURL()' => [$this->httpUtils->getSelfURL()],
             ],
         ];
diff --git a/tests/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/HTTPTest.php b/tests/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/HTTPTest.php
index 907b0179c654dd571ac17e966dd8bcff7c7c9b8a..855cc91bb39fd2dfc276f3872f89e3435c3c98be 100644
--- a/tests/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/HTTPTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/HTTPTest.php
@@ -443,20 +443,6 @@ class HTTPTest extends ClearStateTestCase
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     */
-    public function testGetFirstPathElement(): void
-    {
-        $original = $_SERVER;
-        $httpUtils = new Utils\HTTP();
-
-        $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] = '/test/tmp.php';
-        $this->assertEquals($httpUtils->getFirstPathElement(), '/test');
-        $this->assertEquals($httpUtils->getFirstPathElement(false), 'test');
-        $_SERVER = $original;
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * @runInSeparateProcess
      * @requires extension xdebug