diff --git a/event_notifier.c b/event_notifier.c
index 2b210f4b44..c339bfee50 100644
--- a/event_notifier.c
+++ b/event_notifier.c
@@ -51,18 +51,3 @@ int event_notifier_test_and_clear(EventNotifier *e)
     int r = read(e->fd, &value, sizeof(value));
     return r == sizeof(value);
 }
-
-int event_notifier_test(EventNotifier *e)
-{
-    uint64_t value;
-    int r = read(e->fd, &value, sizeof(value));
-    if (r == sizeof(value)) {
-        /* restore previous value. */
-        int s = write(e->fd, &value, sizeof(value));
-        /* never blocks because we use EFD_SEMAPHORE.
-         * If we didn't we'd get EAGAIN on overflow
-         * and we'd have to write code to ignore it. */
-        assert(s == sizeof(value));
-    }
-    return r == sizeof(value);
-}
diff --git a/event_notifier.h b/event_notifier.h
index efca852d10..9b2edf41a7 100644
--- a/event_notifier.h
+++ b/event_notifier.h
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@ void event_notifier_cleanup(EventNotifier *);
 int event_notifier_get_fd(EventNotifier *);
 int event_notifier_set(EventNotifier *);
 int event_notifier_test_and_clear(EventNotifier *);
-int event_notifier_test(EventNotifier *);
 
 #endif