diff --git a/plan/plan.go b/plan/plan.go
index c8087130b..b4100328d 100644
--- a/plan/plan.go
+++ b/plan/plan.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package plan
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -342,31 +341,6 @@ func normalizeDNSName(dnsName string) string {
 	return s
 }
 
-// CompareBoolean is an implementation of PropertyComparator for comparing boolean-line values
-// For example external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/cloudflare-proxied: "true"
-// If value doesn't parse as boolean, the defaultValue is used
-func CompareBoolean(defaultValue bool, name, current, previous string) bool {
-	var err error
-
-	v1, v2 := defaultValue, defaultValue
-
-	if previous != "" {
-		v1, err = strconv.ParseBool(previous)
-		if err != nil {
-			v1 = defaultValue
-		}
-	}
-
-	if current != "" {
-		v2, err = strconv.ParseBool(current)
-		if err != nil {
-			v2 = defaultValue
-		}
-	}
-
-	return v1 == v2
-}
-
 func IsManagedRecord(record string, managedRecords, excludeRecords []string) bool {
 	for _, r := range excludeRecords {
 		if record == r {
diff --git a/provider/aws/aws_test.go b/provider/aws/aws_test.go
index cd5067bd7..ad23109e1 100644
--- a/provider/aws/aws_test.go
+++ b/provider/aws/aws_test.go
@@ -1644,29 +1644,6 @@ func listAWSRecords(t *testing.T, client Route53API, zone string) []*route53.Res
 	return recordSets
 }
 
-// Route53 stores wildcards escaped: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/DomainNameFormat.html?shortFooter=true#domain-name-format-asterisk
-func escapeAWSRecords(t *testing.T, provider *AWSProvider, zone string) {
-	recordSets := listAWSRecords(t, provider.client, zone)
-
-	changes := make([]*route53.Change, 0, len(recordSets))
-	for _, recordSet := range recordSets {
-		changes = append(changes, &route53.Change{
-			Action:            aws.String(route53.ChangeActionUpsert),
-			ResourceRecordSet: recordSet,
-		})
-	}
-
-	if len(changes) != 0 {
-		_, err := provider.client.ChangeResourceRecordSetsWithContext(context.Background(), &route53.ChangeResourceRecordSetsInput{
-			HostedZoneId: aws.String(zone),
-			ChangeBatch: &route53.ChangeBatch{
-				Changes: changes,
-			},
-		})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-	}
-}
-
 func newAWSProvider(t *testing.T, domainFilter endpoint.DomainFilter, zoneIDFilter provider.ZoneIDFilter, zoneTypeFilter provider.ZoneTypeFilter, evaluateTargetHealth, dryRun bool, records []*route53.ResourceRecordSet) (*AWSProvider, *Route53APIStub) {
 	return newAWSProviderWithTagFilter(t, domainFilter, zoneIDFilter, zoneTypeFilter, provider.NewZoneTagFilter([]string{}), evaluateTargetHealth, dryRun, records)
 }