diff --git a/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py b/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
index 7a6a0d3a21..b4a3e77f5a 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
@@ -1292,24 +1292,6 @@ def oiio_color_convert(
     run_subprocess(oiio_cmd, logger=logger)
 
 
-def split_cmd_args(in_args):
-    """Makes sure all entered arguments are separated in individual items.
-
-    Split each argument string with " -" to identify if string contains
-    one or more arguments.
-    Args:
-        in_args (list): of arguments ['-n', '-d uint10']
-    Returns
-        (list): ['-n', '-d', 'unint10']
-    """
-    splitted_args = []
-    for arg in in_args:
-        if not arg.strip():
-            continue
-        splitted_args.extend(arg.split(" "))
-    return splitted_args
-
-
 def get_rescaled_command_arguments(
         application,
         input_path,