diff --git a/lib/auth.js b/lib/auth.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 16fe02d..0000000
--- a/lib/auth.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-exports.getCookie = function(opts, cb){
-    var db = nano(opts.db.url);
-    nano.auth(opts.username, opts.password, function(err, body, headers){
-        if(err){
-            cb(err);
-        }else{
-            if(headers && headers['set-cookie']){
-                cb(null, headers['set-cookie']);
-            }
-        }
-    });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/couchapp.js b/tasks/couchapp.js
index 1d94ce7..55c07dc 100644
--- a/tasks/couchapp.js
+++ b/tasks/couchapp.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ var path, couchapp, nanolib, urls, auth;
 path = require('path');
 couchapp = require('couchapp');
 urls = require('url');
-auth = require('../lib/auth');
 
 var genDB = function(db) {
   var parts, dbname, auth;