diff --git a/xml_reader.py b/xml_reader.py
index 66634de..45cd30a 100644
--- a/xml_reader.py
+++ b/xml_reader.py
@@ -41,33 +41,6 @@ class Xml_reader:
         """
         return [device.get("name") for device in self.root.findall('Device')]
 
-    def get_value_info(self,device_name: str) -> dict:
-        """returns the value information for a given device
-
-        Args:
-            device_name (str): the name of a device
-
-        Returns:
-            dict: {'type','unit','offset','factor'}
-
-        Raises:
-            NameError: device_name will be checked against the config XML
-        """
-        #check if a device exists in the config XML
-        if self.root.find("Device[@name='%s']" % device_name) is None:
-            raise NameError("unknown device %s" % device_name)
-        value_info = self.root.find(
-            "Device[@name='%s']/ValueInfo" % device_name)
-        #format the output
-        return {
-            'type': value_info.get('type'),
-            'unit': value_info.get('unit'),
-            'offset': None if value_info.find("Offset") is None
-                else value_info.find("Offset").text,
-            'factor': None if value_info.find("Factor") is None 
-                else value_info.find("Factor").text,
-        } 
-    
     def get_port(self,device_name:str) -> dict:
         """returns the information about a port of a given device