diff --git a/core/cmd/dms/utils.go b/core/cmd/dms/utils.go
index 93c978a02..20d1f34d1 100644
--- a/core/cmd/dms/utils.go
+++ b/core/cmd/dms/utils.go
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -28,62 +26,3 @@ func isArchPackageInstalled(packageName string) bool {
 	err := cmd.Run()
 	return err == nil
 }
-
-type systemdServiceState struct {
-	Name         string
-	EnabledState string
-	NeedsDisable bool
-	Exists       bool
-}
-
-// checkSystemdServiceEnabled returns (state, should_disable, error) for a systemd service
-func checkSystemdServiceEnabled(serviceName string) (string, bool, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("systemctl", "is-enabled", serviceName)
-	output, err := cmd.Output()
-
-	stateStr := strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
-
-	if err != nil {
-		knownStates := []string{"disabled", "masked", "masked-runtime", "not-found", "enabled", "enabled-runtime", "static", "indirect", "alias"}
-		isKnownState := slices.Contains(knownStates, stateStr)
-
-		if !isKnownState {
-			return stateStr, false, fmt.Errorf("systemctl is-enabled failed: %w (output: %s)", err, stateStr)
-		}
-	}
-
-	shouldDisable := false
-	switch stateStr {
-	case "enabled", "enabled-runtime", "static", "indirect", "alias":
-		shouldDisable = true
-	case "disabled", "masked", "masked-runtime", "not-found":
-		shouldDisable = false
-	default:
-		shouldDisable = true
-	}
-
-	return stateStr, shouldDisable, nil
-}
-
-func getSystemdServiceState(serviceName string) (*systemdServiceState, error) {
-	state := &systemdServiceState{
-		Name:   serviceName,
-		Exists: false,
-	}
-
-	enabledState, needsDisable, err := checkSystemdServiceEnabled(serviceName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to check enabled state: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	state.EnabledState = enabledState
-	state.NeedsDisable = needsDisable
-
-	if enabledState == "not-found" {
-		state.Exists = false
-		return state, nil
-	}
-
-	state.Exists = true
-	return state, nil
-}