diff --git a/hydromt/cli/_utils.py b/hydromt/cli/_utils.py
index 4b3dc05b1..bca77c95f 100644
--- a/hydromt/cli/_utils.py
+++ b/hydromt/cli/_utils.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
 
 import click
-import yaml
 
 from hydromt._typing.error import DeprecatedError
 from hydromt.io import configread
@@ -105,12 +104,3 @@ def parse_config(
             for option, value in opt_cli[section].items():
                 opt[section].update({option: value})
     return opt
-
-
-def parse_export_config_yaml(ctx, param, value) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    if value:
-        with open(value, "r") as stream:
-            yml = yaml.load(stream, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-        return yml
-    else:
-        return {}
diff --git a/tests/components/test_kernel_config_component.py b/tests/components/test_kernel_config_component.py
index 2fbc2a527..a61ef2c29 100644
--- a/tests/components/test_kernel_config_component.py
+++ b/tests/components/test_kernel_config_component.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ def test_config_dict():
     return {
         "section1": {
             "list": [1, 2, 3],
-            # "tuple": (1, "b"), # yaml cannot deal with tuple
             "bool": True,
             "str": "test",
             "int": 1,