diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
index 977b4e90b7a8f906fd2b58120384fdf7c85c2d87..a1f8314e823b1a40a4c3901acb1721336770e1a0 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ def _get_column_types(sheet: Worksheet) -> OrderedDict:
     return result
 
 
-def _get_deep_value(data: Dict[str, Any], path: List[str]):
-    """Return the value at ``path`` inside the dict ``data``.
-    """
-    if len(path) > 1:
-        return _get_deep_value(data[path[0]], path[1:])
-    return data[path[0]]
-
-
 def _get_foreign_key_columns(sheet: Worksheet) -> Dict[str, SimpleNamespace]:
     """Return the foreign keys of the worksheet.