diff --git a/internal/http/reason.go b/internal/http/reason.go
index 417f8da..c27cae5 100644
--- a/internal/http/reason.go
+++ b/internal/http/reason.go
@@ -21,19 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/BBVA/kapow/internal/server/srverrors"
 )
 
-// GetReason returns the reason phrase part of an HTTP response
-func GetReason(r *http.Response) string {
-	if i := strings.IndexByte(r.Status, ' '); i != -1 {
-		return r.Status[i+1:]
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // GetReasonFromBody returns the reason phrase embedded within the JSON error
 // body, or an error if no reason can be extracted
 func GetReasonFromBody(r *http.Response) (string, error) {
diff --git a/internal/http/reason_test.go b/internal/http/reason_test.go
index 6281fad..2b492ed 100644
--- a/internal/http/reason_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/reason_test.go
@@ -23,48 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestEmptyReasonWhenEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &nethttp.Response{Status: ""}
-	if GetReason(r) != "" {
-		t.Errorf("We consider an empty status line to have an empty reason")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestEmptyReasonWhenOnlyCode(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &nethttp.Response{Status: "200"}
-	if GetReason(r) != "" {
-		t.Errorf("We consider an status line with just the status code to have an empty reason")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestEmptyReasonWhenOnlyCodePlusSpace(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &nethttp.Response{Status: "200 "}
-	if GetReason(r) != "" {
-		t.Errorf("We consider an status line with just the status code to have an empty reason")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestReasonOfOneWord(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &nethttp.Response{Status: "200 FOO"}
-	if GetReason(r) != "FOO" {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected reason found")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestReasonOfMultipleWords(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &nethttp.Response{Status: "200 FOO BAR BAZ"}
-	if GetReason(r) != "FOO BAR BAZ" {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected reason found")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBehaveWithOddSizeStatusCode(t *testing.T) {
-	r := &nethttp.Response{Status: "2 FOO BAR BAZ"}
-	if GetReason(r) != "FOO BAR BAZ" {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected reason found")
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGetReasonFromBodyExtractsReasonFromJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	r := &nethttp.Response{
 		Status: "200 OK",