diff --git a/src/core/path-translator.js b/src/core/path-translator.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d1ed27b..00000000
--- a/src/core/path-translator.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-import get from "lodash/get"
-
-export function transformPathToArray(property, jsSpec) {
-  if(property.slice(0,9) === "instance.") {
-    var str = property.slice(9)
-  } else { // eslint-disable-next-line no-redeclare
-    var str = property
-  }
-
-  var pathArr = []
-
-  str
-    .split(".")
-    .map(item => {
-      // "key[0]" becomes ["key", "0"]
-      if(item.includes("[")) {
-        let index = parseInt(item.match(/\[(.*)\]/)[1])
-        let keyName = item.slice(0, item.indexOf("["))
-        return [keyName, index.toString()]
-      } else {
-        return item
-      }
-    })
-    .reduce(function(a, b) {
-      // flatten!
-      return a.concat(b)
-    }, [])
-    .concat([""]) // add an empty item into the array, so we don't get stuck with something in our buffer below
-    .reduce((buffer, curr) => {
-      let obj = pathArr.length ? get(jsSpec, pathArr) : jsSpec
-
-      if(get(obj, makeAccessArray(buffer, curr))) {
-        if(buffer.length) {
-          pathArr.push(buffer)
-        }
-        if(curr.length) {
-          pathArr.push(curr)
-        }
-        return ""
-      } else {
-        // attach key to buffer
-        return `${buffer}${buffer.length ? "." : ""}${curr}`
-      }
-    }, "")
-
-  if(typeof get(jsSpec, pathArr) !== "undefined") {
-    return pathArr
-  } else {
-    // if our path is not correct (there is no value at the path),
-    // return null
-    return null
-  }
-}
-
-function makeAccessArray(buffer, curr) {
-  let arr = []
-
-  if(buffer.length) {
-    arr.push(buffer)
-  }
-
-  if(curr.length) {
-    arr.push(curr)
-  }
-
-  return arr
-}
diff --git a/src/core/plugins/util/index.js b/src/core/plugins/util/index.js
index 57e163f4..033288a6 100644
--- a/src/core/plugins/util/index.js
+++ b/src/core/plugins/util/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { shallowEqualKeys } from "core/utils"
-import { transformPathToArray } from "core/path-translator"
 
 export default function() {
   return {
-    fn: { shallowEqualKeys, transformPathToArray }
+    fn: { shallowEqualKeys }
   }
 }