diff --git a/src/spikeanalysis/plotbase.py b/src/spikeanalysis/plotbase.py
index c5c1c93..a22f2f1 100644
--- a/src/spikeanalysis/plotbase.py
+++ b/src/spikeanalysis/plotbase.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional, Sequence
+from typing import Optional
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 
@@ -43,45 +43,3 @@ def _set_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
         if "figsize" in kwargs:
             self.figsize = kwargs["figsize"]
 
-    def plot_piechart(self, wedges: Sequence, counts: Sequence, colors: Optional[Sequence] = None):
-        """Plots a piechart"""
-
-        assert len(wedges) == len(counts), "each wedge needs a corresponding count"
-        assert not counts.index(0), "counts with 0 will display incorrectly"
-        assert counts[0] != 0, "counts with 0 will display incorrectly"
-        import numpy as np
-
-        if self.figsize[0] <= 10:
-            fontsize = 10
-        else:
-            fontsize = 14
-
-        f, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=self.figsize)
-
-        if colors is None:
-            colors = [
-                "#ff9999",
-                "#66b3ff",
-                "#99ff99",
-                "#FEC8D8",
-                "#ffcc99",
-                "#F6BF85",
-                "#B7ADED",
-            ]
-
-        ax.pie(
-            counts,
-            labels=wedges,
-            autopct=lambda pct: "{:.1f}%\n(n={:d})".format(pct, int(np.round(pct / 100 * np.sum(counts)))),
-            shadow=False,
-            startangle=90,
-            colors=colors,
-            textprops={"fontsize": fontsize},
-        )
-        ax.axis("equal")
-        if self.title:
-            plt.title(self.title)
-        plt.tight_layout()
-        plt.figure(dpi=self.dpi)
-
-        plt.show()