diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor.go
index fbd52e12f20..5d242296dbd 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/visitor.go
@@ -693,16 +693,6 @@ func RetrieveLazy(info *Info, err error) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// CreateAndRefresh creates an object from input info and refreshes info with that object
-func CreateAndRefresh(info *Info) error {
-	obj, err := NewHelper(info.Client, info.Mapping).Create(info.Namespace, true, info.Object)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	info.Refresh(obj, true)
-	return nil
-}
-
 type FilterFunc func(info *Info, err error) (bool, error)
 
 type FilteredVisitor struct {