diff --git a/controller/eventService/utils.go b/controller/eventService/utils.go
index 7a06a8b3afd93592b0518d9011e08c71fa0dc622..891142fef2e7bf809daca4885fb58921d4e4f9e3 100644
--- a/controller/eventService/utils.go
+++ b/controller/eventService/utils.go
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ func amqpURIBuilder(prefix, user, pass, host, port string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s:%s@%s:%s/", prefix, user, pass, host, port)
 }
 
-// Service is the event service
-type Service interface {
-	PublishEvent(topic string, event event.Event) error
-	CloseConnection()
-}
-
 // MockEventService is used to setup a connection to a broker and publish events to topics.
 type MockEventService struct {
 	Queue map[string][]event.Event