diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/fs/HFileSystem.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/fs/HFileSystem.java
index f02419ca90fb..ac90d2c686c2 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/fs/HFileSystem.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/fs/HFileSystem.java
@@ -451,13 +451,6 @@ static public FileSystem get(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
     return new HFileSystem(conf, true);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Wrap a LocalFileSystem within a HFileSystem.
-   */
-  static public FileSystem getLocalFs(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
-    return new HFileSystem(FileSystem.getLocal(conf));
-  }
-
   /**
    * The org.apache.hadoop.fs.FilterFileSystem does not yet support createNonRecursive. This is a
    * hadoop bug and when it is fixed in Hadoop, this definition will go away.