diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiTagMap.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiTagMap.cpp
index 94f1fcc541e..9c8770c57f5 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiTagMap.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiTagMap.cpp
@@ -804,9 +804,6 @@ class ClassFieldMap: public CHeapObj<mtInternal> {
   // add a field
   void add(int index, char type, int offset);
 
-  // returns the field count for the given class
-  static int compute_field_count(InstanceKlass* ik);
-
  public:
   ~ClassFieldMap();