diff --git a/src/Ledger.h b/src/Ledger.h
index 3a96bcf6f0..41e30d2dbf 100644
--- a/src/Ledger.h
+++ b/src/Ledger.h
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ public:
 	void armDirty()		{ mTransactionMap->armDirty();		mAccountStateMap->armDirty(); }
 	void disarmDirty()	{ mTransactionMap->disarmDirty();	mAccountStateMap->disarmDirty(); }
 
-	// This ledger has closed, will never be accepted, and is accepting
-	// new transactions to be re-reprocessed when do accept a new last-closed ledger
-	void bumpSeq()		{ mClosed = true; mLedgerSeq++; }
-
 	// ledger signature operations
 	void addRaw(Serializer &s) const;
 	void setRaw(const Serializer& s);