diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/Allocator.h b/src/os/bluestore/Allocator.h
index ed65d8dc783..63f8e02c5b7 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/Allocator.h
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/Allocator.h
@@ -47,17 +47,6 @@ public:
   virtual int release(
     uint64_t offset, uint64_t length) = 0;
 
-  virtual int release_extents(AllocExtentVector *extents, int count) {
-    int res = 0;
-      for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-        res = release((*extents)[i].offset, (*extents)[i].length);
-        if (res != 0) {
-	  break;
-        }
-      }
-    return res;
-  }
-
   virtual void dump() = 0;
 
   virtual void init_add_free(uint64_t offset, uint64_t length) = 0;
diff --git a/src/test/objectstore/Allocator_test.cc b/src/test/objectstore/Allocator_test.cc
index 180ef95e260..7976a21e410 100644
--- a/src/test/objectstore/Allocator_test.cc
+++ b/src/test/objectstore/Allocator_test.cc
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ TEST_P(AllocTest, test_alloc_min_max_alloc)
     for (auto& e : extents) {
       EXPECT_EQ(e.length, 2 * block_size);
     }
-    EXPECT_EQ(alloc->release_extents(&extents, count), 0);
   }
 }