diff --git a/src/tools/mod.rs b/src/tools/mod.rs
index 27278e64..b6cc5448 100644
--- a/src/tools/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Tools and utilities
 //!
 //! This is a collection of small and useful tools.
-use std::any::Any;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 
@@ -41,19 +40,6 @@ pub fn detect_modified_configuration_file(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// An easy way to convert types to Any
-///
-/// Mostly useful to downcast trait objects (see RpcEnvironment).
-pub trait AsAny {
-    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any;
-}
-
-impl<T: Any> AsAny for T {
-    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
-        self
-    }
-}
-
 /// The default 2 hours are far too long for PBS
 pub const PROXMOX_BACKUP_TCP_KEEPALIVE_TIME: u32 = 120;
 pub const DEFAULT_USER_AGENT_STRING: &str = "proxmox-backup-client/1.0";