diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 665bdfd5d..a614825b8 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ jobs:
           name: validate go code with gometalinter
           command: |
             gometalinter --disable-all --skip vendor -E gofmt -E goimports -E golint -E ineffassign -E misspell -E vet -E megacheck ./...
+      
+      - run:
+          name: detect deadcode without test folder
+          command: |
+            gometalinter --disable-all --skip vendor --skip test -E deadcode ./...
 
 notify:
   webhooks:
diff --git a/ctrd/utils.go b/ctrd/utils.go
index 9ba4e7d0b..955ed7df6 100644
--- a/ctrd/utils.go
+++ b/ctrd/utils.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/oci"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes/docker"
-	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -77,18 +76,6 @@ func resolver(authConfig *types.AuthConfig) (remotes.Resolver, error) {
 	return docker.NewResolver(options), nil
 }
 
-// rootFSToAPIType transfer the rootfs from OCI format to Pouch format.
-func rootFSToAPIType(rootFs *v1.RootFS) types.ImageInfoRootFS {
-	var layers []string
-	for _, l := range rootFs.DiffIDs {
-		layers = append(layers, l.String())
-	}
-	return types.ImageInfoRootFS{
-		Type:   rootFs.Type,
-		Layers: layers,
-	}
-}
-
 // toLinuxResources transfers Pouch Resources to LinuxResources.
 func toLinuxResources(resources types.Resources) (*specs.LinuxResources, error) {
 	r := &specs.LinuxResources{}