diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/heapRegionRemSet.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/heapRegionRemSet.hpp
index 960d0864a50..d75f52baa95 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/heapRegionRemSet.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/heapRegionRemSet.hpp
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ public:
   // Routines for managing the list of code roots that point into
   // the heap region that owns this RSet.
   void add_code_root(nmethod* nm);
-  void add_code_root_locked(nmethod* nm);
   void remove_code_root(nmethod* nm);
 
   // Applies blk->do_code_blob() to each of the entries in _code_roots