--- a/server/repository.py	Tue Dec 15 10:20:26 2015 +0100
+++ b/server/repository.py	Wed Jul 16 10:48:47 2014 +0200
@@ -654,12 +654,6 @@
         """open a new session for a given user and return its sessionid """
         return self.new_session(login, **kwargs).sessionid
 
-    def check_session(self, sessionid):
-        """raise `BadConnectionId` if the connection is no more valid, else
-        return its latest activity timestamp.
-        """
-        return self._get_session(sessionid).timestamp
-
     def close(self, sessionid, txid=None, checkshuttingdown=True):
         """close the session with the given id"""
         session = self._get_session(sessionid, txid=txid,

--- a/server/test/unittest_repository.py	Tue Dec 15 10:20:26 2015 +0100
+++ b/server/test/unittest_repository.py	Wed Jul 16 10:48:47 2014 +0200
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@
         self.assertTrue(cnxid)
         repo.close(cnxid)
 
-    def test_check_session(self):
-        repo = self.repo
-        cnxid = repo.connect(self.admlogin, password=self.admpassword)
-        self.assertIsInstance(repo.check_session(cnxid), float)
-        repo.close(cnxid)
-        self.assertRaises(BadConnectionId, repo.check_session, cnxid)
 
     def test_initial_schema(self):
         schema = self.repo.schema