diff --git a/i18next-scanner.config.js b/i18next-scanner.config.js
index 56284950b20ea8edb6242e8bb979d843a0ca1cdd..168d6b7d74ce9f18e0747f971f2a43b63b3ea77d 100644
--- a/i18next-scanner.config.js
+++ b/i18next-scanner.config.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports = {
         removeUnusedKeys: true,
         lngs: ['en','de'],
         func: {
-            list: ['i18n.t', 'i18nKey']
+            list: ['i18n.t']
         },
         resource: {
             loadPath: 'src/i18n/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json',
diff --git a/src/i18n.js b/src/i18n.js
index 7bc3faba59eb4d9d4a7e1106ad44181b17d77ec4..8124af26c8694b62c93c2a69e1ca2c53a0f5ed8a 100644
--- a/src/i18n.js
+++ b/src/i18n.js
@@ -8,13 +8,3 @@ const i18n = createInstance({en: en, de: de}, 'de', 'en');
 export function createI18nInstance () {
     return i18n.cloneInstance();
 }
-
-/**
- * Dummy function to mark strings as i18next keys for i18next-scanner
- *
- * @param {string} key
- * @returns {string} The key param as is
- */
-export function i18nKey(key) {
-    return key;
-}
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