diff --git a/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py b/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
index 8f77bcb6f0..1d40016068 100644
--- a/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
+++ b/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
@@ -534,20 +534,6 @@ def is_ooc(accessing_obj, accessed_obj, *args, **kwargs):
         return not session.get_puppet()
 
 
-def objtag(accessing_obj, accessed_obj, *args, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Usage:
-        objtag(tagkey)
-        objtag(tagkey, category)
-
-    Only true if accessed_obj has the specified tag and optional
-    category.
-    """
-    tagkey = args[0] if args else None
-    category = args[1] if len(args) > 1 else None
-    return bool(accessed_obj.tags.get(tagkey, category=category))
-
-
 def inside(accessing_obj, accessed_obj, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     Usage: