diff --git a/cellxgene_gateway/dir_util.py b/cellxgene_gateway/dir_util.py
index 84aa9b0..4358376 100644
--- a/cellxgene_gateway/dir_util.py
+++ b/cellxgene_gateway/dir_util.py
@@ -14,44 +14,6 @@ from flask_api import status
 from cellxgene_gateway import env
 from cellxgene_gateway.cellxgene_exception import CellxgeneException
 
-
-def is_subdir(full_path, parent_path):
-    subdir = os.path.realpath(full_path)
-    parent = os.path.realpath(parent_path)
-    return subdir.startswith(parent)
-
-
-def create_dir(parent_path, dir_name):
-    full_path = os.path.join(parent_path, dir_name)
-
-    if "/" in dir_name:
-        raise CellxgeneException(
-            "Please have no slashes in the intended directory.",
-            status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-        )
-    elif not os.path.exists(parent_path):
-        raise CellxgeneException(
-            "The selected User directory does not exist.",
-            status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-        )
-    elif os.path.exists(full_path):
-        raise CellxgeneException(
-            "The provided subdirectory already exists within Directory.",
-            status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-        )
-    elif not is_subdir(full_path, parent_path):
-        raise CellxgeneException(
-            "The directory must be a subdirectory of the parent path.",
-            status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-        )
-    elif not os.path.isdir(parent_path):
-        raise CellxgeneException(
-            "The parent is not a directory.", status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
-        )
-    else:
-        os.mkdir(full_path)
-
-
 annotations_suffix = "_annotations"
 h5ad_suffix = ".h5ad"
 
diff --git a/cellxgene_gateway/gateway.py b/cellxgene_gateway/gateway.py
index 56620fb..bcb68bb 100644
--- a/cellxgene_gateway/gateway.py
+++ b/cellxgene_gateway/gateway.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from cellxgene_gateway.backend_cache import BackendCache
 from cellxgene_gateway.cache_entry import CacheEntryStatus
 from cellxgene_gateway.cache_key import CacheKey
 from cellxgene_gateway.cellxgene_exception import CellxgeneException
-from cellxgene_gateway.dir_util import create_dir, is_subdir
 from cellxgene_gateway.extra_scripts import get_extra_scripts
 from cellxgene_gateway.filecrawl import render_item_source
 from cellxgene_gateway.process_exception import ProcessException
diff --git a/cellxgene_gateway/path_util.py b/cellxgene_gateway/path_util.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 42ded92..0000000
--- a/cellxgene_gateway/path_util.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2019 Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Inc. Licensed
-# under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
-# this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
-# of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. Unless
-# required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
-# under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
-# OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
-# the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-
-import os
-
-from flask_api import status
-
-from cellxgene_gateway.cache_key import CacheKey
-from cellxgene_gateway.cellxgene_exception import CellxgeneException
-from cellxgene_gateway.dir_util import make_h5ad
-
-
-def validate_exists(file_path):
-    if not os.path.exists(file_path):
-        raise CellxgeneException(
-            "File does not exist: " + file_path, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
-        )
-
-
-def validate_is_file(file_path):
-    validate_exists(file_path)
-    if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
-        raise CellxgeneException(
-            "Path is not file: " + file_path, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
-        )
-    return
-
-
-def validate_is_dir(file_path):
-    validate_exists(file_path)
-    if not os.path.isdir(file_path):
-        raise CellxgeneException(
-            "Path is not dir: " + file_path, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
-        )
-    return