diff --git a/pipeline/storage.py b/pipeline/storage.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/pipeline/storage.py
+++ b/pipeline/storage.py
@@ -99,22 +99,6 @@ class BaseFinderStorage(PipelineStorage):
                 except OSError:
                     pass
 
-    def match_location(self, name, path, prefix=None):
-        if prefix:
-            if prefix != name[:len(prefix)]:
-                return None
-            prefix = "%s%s" % (prefix, os.sep)
-            name = name[len(prefix):]
-
-        norm_path = os.path.normpath(path)
-        norm_name = os.path.normpath(name)
-
-        if norm_path == norm_name:
-            return name
-        if os.path.splitext(norm_path)[0] == os.path.splitext(norm_name)[0]:
-            return name
-        return None
-
     def find_storage(self, name):
         for finder in self.finders.get_finders():
             path = finder.find(name)
remove unusued match_location