diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9890d5c..9180056 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: boxr
 Type: Package
 Title: Interface for the 'Box.com API'
-Version: 0.3.6.9010
+Version: 0.3.6.9011
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Brendan", "Rocks", email = "foss@brendanrocks.com",
            role = c("aut")),
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Imports:
     fs,
     glue,
     httr (>= 1.1.0),
-    httpuv,
     magrittr,
     mime,
     purrr,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 80caf65..433cd5b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 ## Internal
 
+* remove unused internal function, removing dependency on httpuv package. (#259)
+
 * update superseded function-calls from gargle, used in testing. (#251)
 
 * default branch switched from `master` to `main`. (#252)
diff --git a/R/boxr__internal_misc.R b/R/boxr__internal_misc.R
index 3f81e37..19d563e 100644
--- a/R/boxr__internal_misc.R
+++ b/R/boxr__internal_misc.R
@@ -353,17 +353,6 @@ modify_remote_dir <- function()
       
     })
 
-
-#' @keywords internal
-forRCMDCheck <- function(cran = "http://cran.r-project.org/") {
-  if (FALSE) {
-    httpuv::encodeURI(cran)
-    mime::guess_type(cran)
-    rio::import(cran)
-  }
-}
-
-
 # API ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #' Common Box API client-errors