diff --git a/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.js b/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.js
index 3f7f2903..4b4736c6 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.js
@@ -3,22 +3,6 @@ const needle = require("needle");
 const pluginConfig = require("./config")
 const isJson = require("./isJson")
 
-// returns JS object, throws if there are syntax errors in input string
-function parseJsString(string){
-	// eval because my lua is writing a JS object instead of traditional JSON
-	// this was done because I hate escaping strings and there are more quotes
-	// in JSON than JS objects.
-	
-	// since eval is unsafe, maybe use https://www.npmjs.com/package/eval-sanitizer
-	if(string.includes("require") || string.includes(";") || string.includes("eval")){
-		throw new Error("parseJsString might have gotten something that could be a xss attempt");
-	}
-	let inventory = "";
-	eval("inventory = " + string);
-	/*console.log(string)
-	console.log(inventory)*/
-	return inventory;
-}
 function handleInventory(json, config, callback){
 	/*
 	json is one of these two samples
@@ -151,7 +135,6 @@ function pollInventories(outputFile){
 
 module.exports = {
 	handleInventory: handleInventory,
-	parseJsString: parseJsString,
 	pollInventories: pollInventories,
 	insertItemsFromObject: insertItemsFromObject,
 }
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diff --git a/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.spec.js b/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.spec.js
index 17eb4996..3b1da5a4 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.spec.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.spec.js
@@ -157,23 +157,4 @@ describe("inventoryImports/interfacingFunctions.js", function(){
 			assert(isFactorioCommand(x) == true);
 		});
 	});
-	describe("parseJsString(string) => object", function(){
-		it("converts a string with JS object notation to object", function(){
-			let x = functions.parseJsString("{hello:'thisAString!', yes:function(){return 'JS string!'}, not:'json'}");
-			assert(!!x == true, "Should under no circumstance return a falsey value, even !!{} is truthy");
-			assert(typeof x == "object", "parseJsString should return an object in this case");
-			assert(typeof x.yes == "function", "parseJsString is not JSON, so it should be able to contain functions");
-		});
-		it("*Tries* to avoid XSS attempts by throwing on certain symbols", function(){
-			assert.throws(function(){
-				let x = functions.parseJsString("{};throw 'fail'");
-			}, function(err) {
-				let error = err+""
-				/* istanbul ignore else */
-				if(error.includes('parseJsString might have gotten something that could be a xss attempt')){
-					return true;
-				}
-			}, "should throw when ; are passed because those are the simplest form of xss");
-		});
-	});
-});
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+});