diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/awscloud.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/awscloud.go
index 9376b3be0..d80acc20f 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/awscloud.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/awscloud.go
@@ -218,30 +218,6 @@ func NewForEndpointFromFile(filename, endpoint, region, caBundle string, skipSSL
 	return newAwsFromCredsWithEndpoint(config.WithSharedCredentialsFiles([]string{filename, "default"}), region, endpoint, caBundle, skipSSLVerification, imagesAWS)
 }
 
-func (a *AWS) Upload(filename, bucket, key string) (*manager.UploadOutput, error) {
-	file, err := os.Open(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	defer func() {
-		err := file.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			logrus.Warnf("[AWS] ‼ Failed to close the file uploaded to S3️: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	logrus.Infof("[AWS] 🚀 Uploading image to S3: %s/%s", bucket, key)
-	return a.s3uploader.Upload(
-		context.Background(),
-		&s3.PutObjectInput{
-			Bucket: aws.String(bucket),
-			Key:    aws.String(key),
-			Body:   file,
-		},
-	)
-}
-
 // Register is a function that imports a snapshot, waits for the snapshot to
 // fully import, tags the snapshot, cleans up the image in S3, and registers
 // an AMI in AWS.
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/awscloud_test.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/awscloud_test.go
index 1e3bb3695..7d8bbce7d 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/awscloud_test.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/awscloud_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package awscloud_test
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -17,16 +15,6 @@ func TestS3MarkObjectAsPublic(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, aws.MarkS3ObjectAsPublic("bucket", "object-key"))
 }
 
-func TestS3Upload(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "file"), []byte("imanimage"), 0600))
-
-	aws := awscloud.NewForTest(nil, nil, nil, &s3upldrmock{t, "imanimage", "bucket", "object-key"}, nil)
-	require.NotNil(t, aws)
-	_, err := aws.Upload(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "file"), "bucket", "object-key")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-}
-
 func TestS3ObjectPresignedURL(t *testing.T) {
 	aws := awscloud.NewForTest(nil, nil, nil, nil, &s3signmock{t, "bucket", "object-key"})
 	require.NotNil(t, aws)