diff --git a/.deadcode-out b/.deadcode-out
index 892dd0ca9c..b370a3b02a 100644
--- a/.deadcode-out
+++ b/.deadcode-out
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting
 	GitConfigType.GetOption
 	InitLoggersForTest
 
-code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/storage
-	ErrInvalidConfiguration.Error
-	IsErrInvalidConfiguration
-
 code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs
 	ParseCreateHook
 	ParsePushHook
diff --git a/modules/storage/storage.go b/modules/storage/storage.go
index d944b8618f..453d755fbb 100644
--- a/modules/storage/storage.go
+++ b/modules/storage/storage.go
@@ -18,25 +18,6 @@ import (
 // ErrURLNotSupported represents url is not supported
 var ErrURLNotSupported = errors.New("url method not supported")
 
-// ErrInvalidConfiguration is called when there is invalid configuration for a storage
-type ErrInvalidConfiguration struct {
-	cfg any
-	err error
-}
-
-func (err ErrInvalidConfiguration) Error() string {
-	if err.err != nil {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Configuration Argument: %v: Error: %v", err.cfg, err.err)
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Configuration Argument: %v", err.cfg)
-}
-
-// IsErrInvalidConfiguration checks if an error is an ErrInvalidConfiguration
-func IsErrInvalidConfiguration(err error) bool {
-	_, ok := err.(ErrInvalidConfiguration)
-	return ok
-}
-
 type Type = setting.StorageType
 
 // NewStorageFunc is a function that creates a storage