diff --git a/glue_ar/common/common.py b/glue_ar/common/common.py
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index 8cc06f8..0000000
--- a/glue_ar/common/common.py
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@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import pyvista as pv
-
-
-def layers_info(info_creator, viewer_state, layer_states=None):
-    info = {}
-    if layer_states is None:
-        layer_states = list((layer for layer in viewer_state.layers if layer.visible))
-
-    for layer_state in layer_states:
-        info[layer_state.layer.uuid] = info_creator(viewer_state, layer_state)
-
-    return info
-
-
-def create_plotter(adder, info_creator, viewer_state, layer_states=None):
-    plotter = pv.Plotter()
-
-    info = layers_info(info_creator, viewer_state, layer_states)
-    for layer_info in info.values():
-        data = layer_info.pop("data")
-        try:
-            adder(plotter, data, **layer_info)
-
-        # The only error so far I've seen is a ValueError when using Plotter.add_mesh if
-        # the mesh is empty (n_arrays = 0). We can be more explicit once our code is more definite
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-    return plotter