diff --git a/presto-orc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/orc/metadata/statistics/StringStatisticsBuilder.java b/presto-orc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/orc/metadata/statistics/StringStatisticsBuilder.java
index 09bd33db1980..5173959f8c2c 100644
--- a/presto-orc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/orc/metadata/statistics/StringStatisticsBuilder.java
+++ b/presto-orc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/orc/metadata/statistics/StringStatisticsBuilder.java
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ private StringStatisticsBuilder(int stringStatisticsLimitInBytes, long nonNullVa
         this.sum = sum;
     }
 
-    public StringStatisticsBuilder withStringStatisticsLimit(int limitInBytes)
-    {
-        checkArgument(limitInBytes >= 0, "limitInBytes is less than 0");
-        return new StringStatisticsBuilder(limitInBytes, nonNullValueCount, minimum, maximum, sum);
-    }
-
     public long getNonNullValueCount()
     {
         return nonNullValueCount;