diff --git a/app/Generator/Chart/Category/CategoryChartGenerator.php b/app/Generator/Chart/Category/CategoryChartGenerator.php
index f595fcf541..77e8880afa 100644
--- a/app/Generator/Chart/Category/CategoryChartGenerator.php
+++ b/app/Generator/Chart/Category/CategoryChartGenerator.php
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ interface CategoryChartGenerator
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    public function spentInYear(Collection $categories, Collection $entries);
+    public function spentInPeriod(Collection $categories, Collection $entries);
 }
diff --git a/app/Generator/Chart/Category/ChartJsCategoryChartGenerator.php b/app/Generator/Chart/Category/ChartJsCategoryChartGenerator.php
index f876559eeb..8a2ed404c0 100644
--- a/app/Generator/Chart/Category/ChartJsCategoryChartGenerator.php
+++ b/app/Generator/Chart/Category/ChartJsCategoryChartGenerator.php
@@ -159,39 +159,6 @@ class ChartJsCategoryChartGenerator implements CategoryChartGenerator
 
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param Collection $categories
-     * @param Collection $entries
-     *
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function spentInYear(Collection $categories, Collection $entries)
-    {
-
-        // language:
-        $format = trans('config.month');
-
-        $data = [
-            'count'    => 0,
-            'labels'   => [],
-            'datasets' => [],
-        ];
-
-        foreach ($categories as $category) {
-            $data['labels'][] = $category->name;
-        }
-
-        foreach ($entries as $entry) {
-            $date = $entry[0]->formatLocalized($format);
-            array_shift($entry);
-            $data['count']++;
-            $data['datasets'][] = ['label' => $date, 'data' => $entry];
-        }
-
-        return $data;
-
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param Collection $categories
      * @param Collection $entries
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/AccountController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/AccountController.php
index 62d44002db..5048553403 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/AccountController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/AccountController.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
 
     /**
      * Shows the balances for a given set of dates and accounts.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param            $report_type
      * @param Carbon     $start
      * @param Carbon     $end
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php
index c12be90a40..7d685a9cc4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php
@@ -287,66 +287,6 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
 
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This chart will only show expenses.
-     *
-     * @param CategoryRepositoryInterface $repository
-     * @param                             $report_type
-     * @param Carbon                      $start
-     * @param Carbon                      $end
-     * @param Collection                  $accounts
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
-     */
-    public function spentInYear(CategoryRepositoryInterface $repository, $report_type, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, Collection $accounts)
-    {
-
-        $cache = new CacheProperties; // chart properties for cache:
-        $cache->addProperty($start);
-        $cache->addProperty($report_type);
-        $cache->addProperty($end);
-        $cache->addProperty($accounts);
-        $cache->addProperty('category');
-        $cache->addProperty('spent-in-year');
-        if ($cache->has()) {
-            return Response::json($cache->get()); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
-        $allCategories = $repository->getCategories();
-        $entries       = new Collection;
-        $categories    = $allCategories->filter(
-            function (Category $category) use ($repository, $start, $end, $accounts) {
-                $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $end, $accounts);
-                if ($spent < 0) {
-                    return $category;
-                }
-
-                return null;
-            }
-        );
-
-        while ($start < $end) {
-            $month = clone $start; // month is the current end of the period
-            $month->endOfMonth();
-            $row = [clone $start]; // make a row:
-
-            foreach ($categories as $category) { // each budget, fill the row
-                $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $month, $accounts);
-                if ($spent < 0) {
-                    $row[] = $spent * -1;
-                } else {
-                    $row[] = 0;
-                }
-            }
-            $entries->push($row);
-            $start->addMonth();
-        }
-        $data = $this->generator->spentInYear($categories, $entries);
-        $cache->store($data);
-
-        return Response::json($data);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns a chart of what has been earned in this period in each category
      * grouped by month.