diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0064e1d89..d59e5adfd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.9.1-dev6
+## 0.9.1-dev7
 
 ### Enhancements
 
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+* Remove unused `_partition_via_api` function
 * Fixed emoji bug in `partition_xlsx`.
-* Pass file_filename metadata when partitioning file object
+* Pass `file_filename` metadata when partitioning file object
 * Skip ingest test on missing Slack token
 * Add Dropbox variables to CI environments
 * Adds new element type `EmailAddress` for recognising email address in the  text
-
 * Simplifies `min_partition` logic; makes partitions falling below the `min_partition`
   less likely.
 
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index e08b09a78..e474e6f79 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.9.1-dev6"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.9.1-dev7"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured/partition/__init__.py b/unstructured/partition/__init__.py
index b3ed9e2fe..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/__init__.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/__init__.py
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-from typing import BinaryIO, List, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Union
-from urllib.parse import urlsplit
-
-import requests  # type: ignore
-
-from unstructured.documents.elements import Element
-
-
-def _partition_via_api(
-    filename: str = "",
-    file: Optional[Union[BinaryIO, bytes]] = None,
-    url: str = "https://ml.unstructured.io/layout/pdf",
-    token: Optional[str] = None,
-    data: Optional[dict] = None,  # NOTE(alan): Remove after different models are handled by routing
-    include_page_breaks: bool = False,
-) -> List[Element]:
-    """Use API for partitioning."""
-    if not filename and not file:
-        raise FileNotFoundError("No filename nor file were specified")
-
-    split_url = urlsplit(url)
-    healthcheck_url = f"{split_url.scheme}://{split_url.netloc}/healthcheck"
-    healthcheck_response = requests.models.Response()
-    if not token:
-        healthcheck_response = requests.get(url=healthcheck_url)
-
-    if healthcheck_response.status_code != 200:
-        raise ValueError("endpoint api healthcheck has failed!")
-
-    file_: Mapping[str, Tuple[str, Union[BinaryIO, bytes]]] = {
-        "file": (
-            filename,
-            file if file else open(filename, "rb"),  # noqa: SIM115
-        ),
-    }
-    response = requests.post(
-        url=url,
-        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}" if token else ""},
-        files=file_,
-        data=data,  # NOTE(alan): Remove after unstructured API is using routing
-    )
-
-    if response.status_code == 200:
-        pages = response.json()["pages"]
-        num_pages = len(pages)
-        elements = []
-        for i, page in enumerate(pages):
-            for element in page["elements"]:
-                elements.append(element)
-            if include_page_breaks and i < num_pages - 1:
-                elements.append({"type": "PageBreak"})
-
-        return elements
-
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(f"response status code = {response.status_code}")