diff --git a/pulsar/client/action_mapper.py b/pulsar/client/action_mapper.py
index 4bbc6fb6a60ea88de65a1e577e6e86be356472d7..e95dd0f10176bd3eada21bd8d2dd81c94de216af 100644
--- a/pulsar/client/action_mapper.py
+++ b/pulsar/client/action_mapper.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import fnmatch
 import tempfile
 
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from json import load
 from os import makedirs
 from os import unlink
 from os.path import (
@@ -204,10 +203,6 @@ class FileActionMapper(object):
                 config[attr] = getattr(client, attr)
         return config
 
-    def __load_action_config(self, path):
-        config = load(open(path, 'rb'))
-        self.mappers = mappers_from_dicts(config.get('paths', []))
-
     def __find_mapper(self, path, type, mapper=None):
         if not mapper:
             normalized_path = abspath(path)