diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/backoff/backoff.go b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/backoff/backoff.go
index 85da73556cd0..a4409d2f99ca 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/backoff/backoff.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/backoff/backoff.go
@@ -39,6 +39,4 @@ type Backoff interface {
 	RemoveBackoff(nodeGroup cloudprovider.NodeGroup, nodeInfo *schedulerframework.NodeInfo)
 	// RemoveStaleBackoffData removes stale backoff data.
 	RemoveStaleBackoffData(currentTime time.Time)
-	// IsNodeGroupOutOfResources returns true if the given node group is out of resources.
-	IsNodeGroupOutOfResources(nodeGroup cloudprovider.NodeGroup) bool
 }
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/backoff/exponential_backoff.go b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/backoff/exponential_backoff.go
index eafca64e55e1..0631878a98a0 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/utils/backoff/exponential_backoff.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/utils/backoff/exponential_backoff.go
@@ -120,9 +120,3 @@ func (b *exponentialBackoff) RemoveStaleBackoffData(currentTime time.Time) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-// IsNodeGroupOutOfResources returns true if the given node group is out of resources.
-func (b *exponentialBackoff) IsNodeGroupOutOfResources(nodeGroup cloudprovider.NodeGroup) bool {
-	backoffInfo, found := b.backoffInfo[b.nodeGroupKey(nodeGroup)]
-	return found && backoffInfo.errorClass == cloudprovider.OutOfResourcesErrorClass
-}