diff --git a/lld/MachO/ObjC.cpp b/lld/MachO/ObjC.cpp
index ff13e8eb4b5ce..9b454c1e6ac4f 100644
--- a/lld/MachO/ObjC.cpp
+++ b/lld/MachO/ObjC.cpp
@@ -442,10 +442,6 @@ class ObjcCategoryMerger {
                              PointerListInfo &ptrList,
                              SourceLanguage sourceLang);
 
-  PointerListInfo parseProtocolListInfo(const ConcatInputSection *isec,
-                                        uint32_t secOffset,
-                                        SourceLanguage sourceLang);
-
   bool parsePointerListInfo(const ConcatInputSection *isec, uint32_t secOffset,
                             PointerListInfo &ptrList);
 
@@ -719,16 +715,6 @@ void ObjcCategoryMerger::parseProtocolListInfo(
          "Protocol list end offset does not match expected size");
 }
 
-// Parse a protocol list and return the PointerListInfo for it
-ObjcCategoryMerger::PointerListInfo
-ObjcCategoryMerger::parseProtocolListInfo(const ConcatInputSection *isec,
-                                          uint32_t secOffset,
-                                          SourceLanguage sourceLang) {
-  PointerListInfo ptrList;
-  parseProtocolListInfo(isec, secOffset, ptrList, sourceLang);
-  return ptrList;
-}
-
 // Parse a pointer list that might be linked to ConcatInputSection at a given
 // offset. This can be used for instance methods, class methods, instance props
 // and class props since they have the same format.