diff --git a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CastValueChecker.cpp b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CastValueChecker.cpp
index 5c4daa3e428b..8724e4acbc4c 100644
--- a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CastValueChecker.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CastValueChecker.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ public:
   // 1) isa:             The parameter is non-null, returns boolean.
   // 2) isa_and_nonnull: The parameter is null or non-null, returns boolean.
   bool evalCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const;
-  void checkDeadSymbols(SymbolReaper &SR, CheckerContext &C) const;
 
 private:
   // These are known in the LLVM project. The pairs are in the following form:
@@ -415,11 +414,6 @@ bool CastValueChecker::evalCall(const CallEvent &Call,
   return true;
 }
 
-void CastValueChecker::checkDeadSymbols(SymbolReaper &SR,
-                                        CheckerContext &C) const {
-  C.addTransition(removeDeadCasts(C.getState(), SR));
-}
-
 void ento::registerCastValueChecker(CheckerManager &Mgr) {
   Mgr.registerChecker<CastValueChecker>();
 }