diff --git a/examples/platform/linux/CommissionerMain.cpp b/examples/platform/linux/CommissionerMain.cpp
index f7b6ae73650e72..6008bc817c6f4d 100644
--- a/examples/platform/linux/CommissionerMain.cpp
+++ b/examples/platform/linux/CommissionerMain.cpp
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ class PairingCommand : public Controller::DevicePairingDelegate
     void OnPairingDeleted(CHIP_ERROR error) override;
     void OnCommissioningComplete(NodeId deviceId, CHIP_ERROR error) override;
 
-    CHIP_ERROR UpdateNetworkAddress();
-
 private:
 #if CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_APP_PLATFORM_ENABLED
     static void OnDeviceConnectedFn(void * context, chip::OperationalDeviceProxy * device);
@@ -238,12 +236,6 @@ class PairingCommand : public Controller::DevicePairingDelegate
 PairingCommand gPairingCommand;
 NodeId gRemoteId = kTestDeviceNodeId;
 
-CHIP_ERROR PairingCommand::UpdateNetworkAddress()
-{
-    ChipLogProgress(AppServer, "Mdns: Updating NodeId: %" PRIx64 " ...", gRemoteId);
-    return gCommissioner.UpdateDevice(gRemoteId);
-}
-
 void PairingCommand::OnStatusUpdate(DevicePairingDelegate::Status status)
 {
     switch (status)
@@ -266,11 +258,6 @@ void PairingCommand::OnPairingComplete(CHIP_ERROR err)
     else
     {
         ChipLogProgress(AppServer, "Pairing Failure: %s", ErrorStr(err));
-        // For some devices, it may take more time to appear on the network and become discoverable
-        // over DNS-SD, so don't give up on failure and restart the address update. Note that this
-        // will not be repeated endlessly as each chip-tool command has a timeout (in the case of
-        // the `pairing` command it equals 120s).
-        // UpdateNetworkAddress();
     }
 }