diff --git a/app/celery/broadcast_message_tasks.py b/app/celery/broadcast_message_tasks.py
index 97cc11b9a..9539fb7cb 100644
--- a/app/celery/broadcast_message_tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/broadcast_message_tasks.py
@@ -7,36 +7,6 @@ from app import notify_celery
 from app.dao.broadcast_message_dao import dao_get_broadcast_message_by_id, dao_get_broadcast_event_by_id
 
 
-@notify_celery.task(name="send-broadcast-message")
-@statsd(namespace="tasks")
-def send_broadcast_message(broadcast_message_id, provider='stub-1'):
-    # imports of schemas from tasks have to happen within functions to prevent
-    # `AttributeError: 'DummySession' object has no attribute 'query'` errors in unrelated tests
-    from app.schemas import template_schema
-
-    broadcast_message = dao_get_broadcast_message_by_id(broadcast_message_id)
-
-    current_app.logger.info(
-        f'sending broadcast_message {broadcast_message_id} '
-        f'status {broadcast_message.status} to {provider}'
-    )
-
-    payload = {
-        "template": template_schema.dump(broadcast_message.template).data,
-        "broadcast_message": broadcast_message.serialize(),
-    }
-    resp = requests.post(
-        f'{current_app.config["CBC_PROXY_URL"]}/broadcasts/{provider}',
-        json=payload
-    )
-    resp.raise_for_status()
-
-    current_app.logger.info(
-        f'broadcast_message {broadcast_message.id} '
-        f'status {broadcast_message.status} sent to {provider}'
-    )
-
-
 @notify_celery.task(name="send-broadcast-event")
 @statsd(namespace="tasks")
 def send_broadcast_event(broadcast_event_id, provider='stub-1'):
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_broadcast_message_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_broadcast_message_tasks.py
index b9c0642da..3436dce9b 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_broadcast_message_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_broadcast_message_tasks.py
@@ -5,71 +5,10 @@ from requests import RequestException
 
 from app.dao.templates_dao import dao_update_template
 from app.models import BROADCAST_TYPE, BroadcastStatusType, BroadcastEventMessageType
-from app.celery.broadcast_message_tasks import send_broadcast_message, send_broadcast_event
+from app.celery.broadcast_message_tasks import send_broadcast_event
 from tests.app.db import create_template, create_broadcast_message, create_broadcast_event
 
 
-def test_send_broadcast_message_sends_data_correctly(sample_service):
-    template = create_template(sample_service, BROADCAST_TYPE)
-    broadcast_message = create_broadcast_message(
-        template,
-        areas={"areas": ['london'], "simple_polygons": [[[50.12, 1.2], [50.13, 1.2], [50.14, 1.21]]]},
-        status=BroadcastStatusType.BROADCASTING
-    )
-
-    with requests_mock.Mocker() as request_mock:
-        request_mock.post("http://test-cbc-proxy/broadcasts/stub-1", json={'valid': 'true'}, status_code=200)
-        send_broadcast_message(broadcast_message_id=str(broadcast_message.id))
-
-    assert request_mock.call_count == 1
-    assert request_mock.request_history[0].method == 'POST'
-    assert request_mock.request_history[0].headers["Content-type"] == "application/json"
-
-    cbc_json = request_mock.request_history[0].json()
-    assert cbc_json['template']['id'] == str(template.id)
-    assert cbc_json['template']['template_type'] == BROADCAST_TYPE
-    assert cbc_json['broadcast_message']['areas'] == ['london']
-
-
-def test_send_broadcast_message_sends_old_version_of_template(sample_service):
-    template = create_template(sample_service, BROADCAST_TYPE, content='first content')
-    broadcast_message = create_broadcast_message(
-        template,
-        areas={"areas": ['london'], "simple_polygons": [[[50.12, 1.2], [50.13, 1.2], [50.14, 1.21]]]},
-        status=BroadcastStatusType.BROADCASTING
-    )
-
-    template.content = 'second content'
-    dao_update_template(template)
-    assert template.version == 2
-
-    with requests_mock.Mocker() as request_mock:
-        request_mock.post("http://test-cbc-proxy/broadcasts/stub-1", json={'valid': 'true'}, status_code=200)
-        send_broadcast_message(broadcast_message_id=str(broadcast_message.id))
-
-    assert request_mock.call_count == 1
-    assert request_mock.request_history[0].method == 'POST'
-    assert request_mock.request_history[0].headers["Content-type"] == "application/json"
-
-    cbc_json = request_mock.request_history[0].json()
-    assert cbc_json['template']['id'] == str(template.id)
-    assert cbc_json['template']['version'] == 1
-    assert cbc_json['template']['content'] == 'first content'
-
-
-def test_send_broadcast_message_errors(sample_service):
-    template = create_template(sample_service, BROADCAST_TYPE)
-    broadcast_message = create_broadcast_message(template, status=BroadcastStatusType.BROADCASTING)
-
-    with requests_mock.Mocker() as request_mock:
-        request_mock.post("http://test-cbc-proxy/broadcasts/stub-1", text='503 bad gateway', status_code=503)
-        # we're not retrying or anything for the moment - but this'll ensure any exception gets logged
-        with pytest.raises(RequestException) as ex:
-            send_broadcast_message(broadcast_message_id=str(broadcast_message.id))
-
-    assert ex.value.response.status_code == 503
-
-
 @freeze_time('2020-08-01 12:00')
 def test_send_broadcast_event_sends_data_correctly(sample_service):
     template = create_template(sample_service, BROADCAST_TYPE)