diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/util/TypeCast.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/util/TypeCast.scala
index 6a888e0b..d570d0bf 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/util/TypeCast.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/util/TypeCast.scala
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ object TypeCast {
           .getOrElse(NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.getDefault).parse(datum).doubleValue())
         case _: BooleanType => datum.toBoolean
         case _: DecimalType => new BigDecimal(datum.replaceAll(",", ""))
-        // TODO(hossein): would be good to support other common timestamp formats
         case _: TimestampType => Timestamp.valueOf(datum)
-        // TODO(hossein): would be good to support other common date formats
         case _: DateType => Date.valueOf(datum)
         case _: StringType => datum
         case _ => throw new RuntimeException(s"Unsupported type: ${castType.typeName}")
@@ -69,34 +67,6 @@ object TypeCast {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Helper method that converts string representation of a character to actual character.
-   * It handles some Java escaped strings and throws exception if given string is longer than one
-   * character.
-   *
-   */
-  @throws[IllegalArgumentException]
-  private[xml] def toChar(str: String): Char = {
-    if (str.charAt(0) == '\\') {
-      str.charAt(1)
-      match {
-        case 't' => '\t'
-        case 'r' => '\r'
-        case 'b' => '\b'
-        case 'f' => '\f'
-        case '\"' => '\"' // In case user changes quote char and uses \" as delimiter in options
-        case '\'' => '\''
-        case 'u' if str == """\u0000""" => '\u0000'
-        case _ =>
-          throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Unsupported special character for delimiter: $str")
-      }
-    } else if (str.length == 1) {
-      str.charAt(0)
-    } else {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Delimiter cannot be more than one character: $str")
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Helper method that checks and cast string representation of a numeric types.
    */
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/util/TypeCastSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/util/TypeCastSuite.scala
index f2d3a992..f2bc420f 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/util/TypeCastSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/util/TypeCastSuite.scala
@@ -35,30 +35,6 @@ class TypeCastSuite extends FunSuite {
     }
   }
 
-  test("Can parse escaped characters") {
-    assert(TypeCast.toChar("""\t""") === '\t')
-    assert(TypeCast.toChar("""\r""") === '\r')
-    assert(TypeCast.toChar("""\b""") === '\b')
-    assert(TypeCast.toChar("""\f""") === '\f')
-    assert(TypeCast.toChar("""\"""") === '\"')
-    assert(TypeCast.toChar("""\'""") === '\'')
-    assert(TypeCast.toChar("""\u0000""") === '\u0000')
-  }
-
-  test("Does not accept delimiter larger than one character") {
-    val exception = intercept[IllegalArgumentException]{
-      TypeCast.toChar("ab")
-    }
-    assert(exception.getMessage.contains("cannot be more than one character"))
-  }
-
-  test("Throws exception for unsupported escaped characters") {
-    val exception = intercept[IllegalArgumentException]{
-      TypeCast.toChar("""\1""")
-    }
-    assert(exception.getMessage.contains("Unsupported special character for delimiter"))
-  }
-
   test("Nullable types are handled") {
     assert(TypeCast.castTo("", IntegerType, nullable = true) == null)
   }