diff --git a/src/ol/tileurlfunction.js b/src/ol/tileurlfunction.js
index 2e0c7a8d0b..8b8e17620b 100644
--- a/src/ol/tileurlfunction.js
+++ b/src/ol/tileurlfunction.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.TileUrlFunctionType');
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.math');
 goog.require('ol.TileCoord');
-goog.require('ol.extent');
 
 
 /**
@@ -82,46 +81,6 @@ ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTileUrlFunctions = function(tileUrlFunctions) {
 };
 
 
-/**
- * @param {string} baseUrl Base URL (may have query data).
- * @param {Object.<string,*>} params Params to encode in the URL.
- * @param {number} gutter Gutter value.
- * @param {function(this: ol.source.TileImage, string, Object.<string,*>,
- *     ol.Extent, ol.Size, ol.proj.Projection)} paramsFunction params function.
- * @return {ol.TileUrlFunctionType} Tile URL function.
- */
-ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromParamsFunction =
-    function(baseUrl, params, gutter, paramsFunction) {
-  var tmpExtent = ol.extent.createEmpty();
-  var tmpSize = [0, 0];
-  return (
-      /**
-       * @this {ol.source.TileImage}
-       * @param {ol.TileCoord} tileCoord Tile Coordinate.
-       * @param {ol.proj.Projection} projection Projection.
-       * @return {string|undefined} Tile URL.
-       */
-      function(tileCoord, projection) {
-        if (goog.isNull(tileCoord)) {
-          return undefined;
-        } else {
-          var tileGrid = this.getTileGrid();
-          if (goog.isNull(tileGrid)) {
-            tileGrid = ol.tilegrid.getForProjection(projection);
-          }
-          var tileResolution = tileGrid.getResolution(tileCoord.z);
-          var tileSize = tileGrid.getTileSize(tileCoord.z);
-          tmpSize[0] = tileSize[0] + (2 * gutter);
-          tmpSize[1] = tileSize[1] + (2 * gutter);
-          var extent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tileCoord, tmpExtent);
-          ol.extent.buffer(extent, tileResolution * gutter, extent);
-          return paramsFunction.call(this, baseUrl, params,
-              extent, tmpSize, projection);
-        }
-      });
-};
-
-
 /**
  * @this {ol.source.TileImage}
  * @param {ol.TileCoord} tileCoord Tile coordinate.
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/tileurlfunction.test.js b/test/spec/ol/tileurlfunction.test.js
index 6c0e5bcbdd..23b32e9628 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/tileurlfunction.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/tileurlfunction.test.js
@@ -78,26 +78,7 @@ describe('ol.TileUrlFunction', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('createFromParamsFunction', function() {
-    var paramsFunction = function(url, params) { return arguments; };
-    var projection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857');
-    var fakeTileSource = {getTileGrid: function() {return null;}};
-    var params = {foo: 'bar'};
-    var tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromParamsFunction(
-        'url', params, 0, paramsFunction);
-    it('calls the passed function with the correct arguments', function() {
-      var args = tileUrlFunction.call(fakeTileSource,
-          new ol.TileCoord(0, 0, 0), projection);
-      expect(args[0]).to.eql('url');
-      expect(args[1]).to.be(params);
-      expect(args[2]).to.eql(projection.getExtent());
-      expect(args[3]).to.eql([256, 256]);
-      expect(args[4]).to.eql(projection);
-    });
-  });
-
 });
 
 goog.require('ol.TileCoord');
 goog.require('ol.TileUrlFunction');
-goog.require('ol.proj');