diff --git a/mattermost-plugin/product/boards_product.go b/mattermost-plugin/product/boards_product.go
index b65cda53a..374ad2156 100644
--- a/mattermost-plugin/product/boards_product.go
+++ b/mattermost-plugin/product/boards_product.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mattermost/focalboard/mattermost-plugin/server/boards"
 	"github.com/mattermost/focalboard/server/model"
 
-	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6/app"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6/einterfaces"
 	mm_model "github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6/model"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6/plugin"
diff --git a/server/app/files.go b/server/app/files.go
index c2a5d7ff5..081b78e14 100644
--- a/server/app/files.go
+++ b/server/app/files.go
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ func (a *App) GetFileInfo(filename string) (*mmModel.FileInfo, error) {
 		return nil, errEmptyFilename
 	}
 
-	fileInfoID := utils.GetFileInfoFromFilename(filename)
+	// filename is in the format 7<some-alphanumeric-string>.<extension>
+	// we want to extract the <some-alphanumeric-string> part of this as this
+	// will be the fileinfo id.
+	parts := strings.Split(filename, ".")
+	fileInfoID := parts[0][1:]
 	fileInfo, err := a.store.GetFileInfo(fileInfoID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/server/utils/utils.go b/server/utils/utils.go
index 0f48f1155..995c2cc87 100644
--- a/server/utils/utils.go
+++ b/server/utils/utils.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"reflect"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	mmModel "github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6/model"
@@ -103,20 +102,3 @@ func IsCloudLicense(license *mmModel.License) bool {
 		license.Features.Cloud != nil &&
 		*license.Features.Cloud
 }
-
-// GetFileInfoFromFilename strips the initial 7 from the filename as
-// it is in the format 7<some-alphanumeric-string>.<extension>,
-// extracting the <some-alphanumeric-string> which corresponds to the
-// fileinfo id.
-func GetFileInfoFromFilename(filename string) string {
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(filename, "7") {
-		return filename
-	}
-
-	parts := strings.Split(filename, ".")
-	if len(parts) != 2 {
-		return filename
-	}
-
-	return parts[0][1:]
-}