diff --git a/incorporealcms/markdown.py b/incorporealcms/markdown.py
index 8f753c0..a6d2c32 100644
--- a/incorporealcms/markdown.py
+++ b/incorporealcms/markdown.py
@@ -192,10 +192,3 @@ def generate_parent_navs(path, pages_root: str):
             return generate_parent_navs(parent_resource_path, pages_root) + [(page_name, request_path)]
         except FileNotFoundError:
             return generate_parent_navs(parent_resource_path, pages_root) + [(request_path, request_path)]
-
-
-def request_path_to_breadcrumb_display(path):
-    """Given a request path, e.g. "/foo/bar/baz/", turn it into breadcrumby text "baz"."""
-    undired = path.rstrip('/')
-    leaf = undired[undired.rfind('/'):]
-    return leaf.strip('/')
diff --git a/tests/test_markdown.py b/tests/test_markdown.py
index addb36e..04da58e 100644
--- a/tests/test_markdown.py
+++ b/tests/test_markdown.py
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from incorporealcms import init_instance
 from incorporealcms.markdown import (generate_parent_navs, handle_markdown_file_path,
-                                     instance_resource_path_to_request_path, parse_md,
-                                     request_path_to_breadcrumb_display)
+                                     instance_resource_path_to_request_path, parse_md)
 
 HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 INSTANCE_DIR = os.path.join(HERE, 'instance')
@@ -130,15 +129,6 @@ def test_instance_resource_path_to_request_path_on_subdir_and_page():
     assert instance_resource_path_to_request_path('subdir/page.md') == '/subdir/page'
 
 
-def test_request_path_to_breadcrumb_display_patterns():
-    """Test various conversions from request path to leaf nodes for display in the breadcrumbs."""
-    assert request_path_to_breadcrumb_display('/foo') == 'foo'
-    assert request_path_to_breadcrumb_display('/foo/') == 'foo'
-    assert request_path_to_breadcrumb_display('/foo/bar') == 'bar'
-    assert request_path_to_breadcrumb_display('/foo/bar/') == 'bar'
-    assert request_path_to_breadcrumb_display('/') == ''
-
-
 def test_parse_md_metadata():
     """Test the direct results of parsing a markdown file."""
     content, md, page_name, page_title, page_desc, mtime = parse_md(