diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.cpp
index 331f54021be36ff88f61976942dd1ae5166979f6..905f7176e58f5f7c70a349041942a02d1d2efee4 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.cpp
@@ -486,20 +486,6 @@ castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::DataTransferSession::~DataTransferSession()
   }
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// volumeClientTypeToString
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const char *castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::DataTransferSession::
-  volumeClientTypeToString(const tapegateway::ClientType mode) const throw() {
-  switch(mode) {
-  case tapegateway::TAPE_GATEWAY: return "TAPE_GATEWAY";
-  case tapegateway::READ_TP     : return "READ_TP";
-  case tapegateway::WRITE_TP    : return "WRITE_TP";
-  case tapegateway::DUMP_TP     : return "DUMP_TP";
-  default                       : return "UKNOWN";
-  }
-}   
-
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // volumeModeToString
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.hpp
index 992fce3fec31672a4964247f90da30393306e00c..5849cb16cb655089554f1493b37c762f1a0f2d9a 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.hpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.hpp
@@ -138,13 +138,6 @@ namespace daemon {
      */
     cta::Scheduler &m_scheduler;
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the specified tapebridge client type
-     * from a tapegateay::Volume message (READ, WRITE or DUMP).
-     */
-    const char *volumeClientTypeToString(const tapegateway::ClientType mode)
-      const throw();
-
     /**
      * Returns the string representation of the specified mount type
      */