diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/intel/oap/vectorized/ArrowCompressedStreamReader.java b/core/src/main/java/com/intel/oap/vectorized/ArrowCompressedStreamReader.java
index ba60d5214..0b69fa538 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/intel/oap/vectorized/ArrowCompressedStreamReader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/intel/oap/vectorized/ArrowCompressedStreamReader.java
@@ -70,47 +70,6 @@ protected void initialize() throws IOException {
     this.dictionaries = Collections.unmodifiableMap(dictionaries);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Load the next ArrowRecordBatch to the vector schema root if available.
-   *
-   * @return true if a batch was read, false on EOS
-   * @throws IOException on error
-   */
-  public boolean loadNextBatch() throws IOException {
-    prepareLoadNextBatch();
-    MessageResult result = messageReader.readNext();
-
-    // Reached EOS
-    if (result == null) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    // Get the compress type from customMetadata. Currently the customMetadata only have one entry.
-    compressType = result.getMessage().customMetadata(0).value();
-
-    if (result.getMessage().headerType() == MessageHeader.RecordBatch) {
-      ArrowBuf bodyBuffer = result.getBodyBuffer();
-
-      // For zero-length batches, need an empty buffer to deserialize the batch
-      if (bodyBuffer == null) {
-        bodyBuffer = allocator.getEmpty();
-      }
-
-      ArrowRecordBatch batch = MessageSerializer.deserializeRecordBatch(result.getMessage(), bodyBuffer);
-      loadRecordBatch(batch);
-      checkDictionaries();
-      return true;
-    } else if (result.getMessage().headerType() == MessageHeader.DictionaryBatch) {
-      // if it's dictionary message, read dictionary message out and continue to read unless get a batch or eos.
-      ArrowDictionaryBatch dictionaryBatch = readDictionary(result);
-      loadDictionary(dictionaryBatch);
-      loadedDictionaryCount++;
-      return loadNextBatch();
-    } else {
-      throw new IOException("Expected RecordBatch or DictionaryBatch but header was " +
-        result.getMessage().headerType());
-    }
-  }
-
   @Override
   protected void loadRecordBatch(ArrowRecordBatch batch) {
     try {