diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 6fc8fd91a..7bea354f9 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # 0.6.5.0
 
 ## Refactor
+* Remove unused setPreload function [#7354](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7354)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
index d95852882..57066f68d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ var app = {
     return !!(window.gon.preloads && window.gon.preloads[prop]); //returning boolean variable so that parsePreloads, which cleans up properly is used instead
   },
 
-  setPreload : function(prop, val) {
-    window.gon.preloads = window.gon.preloads || {};
-    window.gon.preloads[prop] = val;
-  },
-
   parsePreload : function(prop) {
       if(!app.hasPreload(prop)) { return; }