diff --git a/src/pydase/utils/helpers.py b/src/pydase/utils/helpers.py
index abeca51..92fb6ae 100644
--- a/src/pydase/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/src/pydase/utils/helpers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import inspect
 import logging
 from itertools import chain
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -197,9 +196,3 @@ def get_data_service_class_reference() -> Any:
 
 def is_property_attribute(target_obj: Any, attr_name: str) -> bool:
     return isinstance(getattr(type(target_obj), attr_name, None), property)
-
-
-def create_config_folder(config_dir: Path) -> None:
-    """Create a configuration directory if it doesn't already exist."""
-
-    config_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_helpers.py b/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
index 82d968e..36f539e 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import tempfile
-from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 from pydase.utils.helpers import (
-    create_config_folder,
     is_property_attribute,
 )
 
@@ -32,20 +29,3 @@ def test_is_property_attribute(attr_name: str, expected: bool) -> None:
 
     dummy = DummyClass()
     assert is_property_attribute(dummy, attr_name) == expected
-
-
-def test_create_config_folder() -> None:
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
-        print("created temporary directory", tmpdirname)
-
-        config_dir = Path(tmpdirname) / "config"
-
-        assert not config_dir.exists()
-
-        create_config_folder(config_dir)
-
-        assert config_dir.exists()
-
-        # Call the function again to test idempotency (it should not fail if the
-        # directory already exists)
-        create_config_folder(config_dir)