diff --git a/src/main/java/io/split/android/client/service/splits/SplitsSyncHelper.java b/src/main/java/io/split/android/client/service/splits/SplitsSyncHelper.java
index 7396323f3..50ecf6d94 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/split/android/client/service/splits/SplitsSyncHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/split/android/client/service/splits/SplitsSyncHelper.java
@@ -185,10 +185,6 @@ private void updateStorage(boolean clearBeforeUpdate, SplitChange splitChange) {
         mSplitsStorage.update(mSplitChangeProcessor.process(splitChange));
     }
 
-    public boolean cacheHasExpired() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     private long now() {
         return TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(System.currentTimeMillis());
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/split/android/client/service/SplitSyncTaskTest.java b/src/test/java/io/split/android/client/service/SplitSyncTaskTest.java
index 0278ffb0f..9bbe08901 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/split/android/client/service/SplitSyncTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/split/android/client/service/SplitSyncTaskTest.java
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ public void cleanSplitsWhenQueryStringHasChanged() throws HttpFetcherException {
         when(mSplitsStorage.getTill()).thenReturn(100L);
         when(mSplitsStorage.getUpdateTimestamp()).thenReturn(1111L);
         when(mSplitsStorage.getSplitsFilterQueryString()).thenReturn(mQueryString);
-        when(mSplitsSyncHelper.cacheHasExpired()).thenReturn(false);
 
         mTask.execute();
 
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ public void noClearSplitsWhenQueryStringHasNotChanged() throws HttpFetcherExcept
         when(mSplitsStorage.getTill()).thenReturn(100L);
         when(mSplitsStorage.getUpdateTimestamp()).thenReturn(1111L);
         when(mSplitsStorage.getSplitsFilterQueryString()).thenReturn(mQueryString);
-        when(mSplitsSyncHelper.cacheHasExpired()).thenReturn(false);
 
         mTask.execute();