diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/ObjectToPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/ObjectToPack.java
index 847684fd6..9a070ce3d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/ObjectToPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/ObjectToPack.java
@@ -258,10 +258,6 @@ public class ObjectToPack extends PackedObjectInfo {
 		return (flags & ATTEMPT_DELTA_MASK) == ATTEMPT_DELTA_MASK;
 	}
 
-	boolean isDeltaAttempted() {
-		return (flags & DELTA_ATTEMPTED) != 0;
-	}
-
 	void setDeltaAttempted(boolean deltaAttempted) {
 		if (deltaAttempted)
 			flags |= DELTA_ATTEMPTED;