diff --git a/src/java.net.http/share/classes/jdk/internal/net/http/Stream.java b/src/java.net.http/share/classes/jdk/internal/net/http/Stream.java
index 4b59a777de2..9a7ccd8f3a1 100644
--- a/src/java.net.http/share/classes/jdk/internal/net/http/Stream.java
+++ b/src/java.net.http/share/classes/jdk/internal/net/http/Stream.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import java.lang.invoke.VarHandle;
 import java.net.ProtocolException;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandler;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse.ResponseInfo;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -973,36 +972,6 @@ class Stream<T> extends ExchangeImpl<T> {
         return headers;
     }
 
-    private static HttpHeaders createPseudoHeaders(HttpRequest request) {
-        HttpHeadersBuilder hdrs = new HttpHeadersBuilder();
-        String method = request.method();
-        hdrs.setHeader(":method", method);
-        URI uri = request.uri();
-        hdrs.setHeader(":scheme", uri.getScheme());
-        String host = uri.getHost();
-        int port = uri.getPort();
-        assert host != null;
-        if (port != -1) {
-            hdrs.setHeader(":authority", host + ":" + port);
-        } else {
-            hdrs.setHeader(":authority", host);
-        }
-        String query = uri.getRawQuery();
-        String path = uri.getRawPath();
-        if (path == null || path.isEmpty()) {
-            if (method.equalsIgnoreCase("OPTIONS")) {
-                path = "*";
-            } else {
-                path = "/";
-            }
-        }
-        if (query != null) {
-            path += "?" + query;
-        }
-        hdrs.setHeader(":path", Utils.encode(path));
-        return hdrs.build();
-    }
-
     HttpHeaders getRequestPseudoHeaders() {
         return requestPseudoHeaders;
     }