diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
index ae0e7376245e..a9bee0ac77ca 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ public:
   const T        *getEntry(uint32_t Section, uint32_t Entry) const;
   template <typename T>
   const T *getEntry(const Elf_Shdr *Section, uint32_t Entry) const;
-  const char     *getString(uint32_t section, uint32_t offset) const;
   const char     *getString(const Elf_Shdr *section, uint32_t offset) const;
   const char *getDynamicString(uintX_t Offset) const;
   ErrorOr<StringRef> getSymbolVersion(const Elf_Shdr *section,
@@ -934,12 +933,6 @@ ELFFile<ELFT>::getSection(uint32_t index) const {
          + (index * Header->e_shentsize));
 }
 
-template <class ELFT>
-const char *ELFFile<ELFT>::getString(uint32_t section,
-                                     ELF::Elf32_Word offset) const {
-  return getString(getSection(section), offset);
-}
-
 template <class ELFT>
 const char *ELFFile<ELFT>::getString(const Elf_Shdr *section,
                                      ELF::Elf32_Word offset) const {