diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 517b9ae6fd..39d4955960 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-6025. Update findbugsExcludeFile.xml. (szetszwo)
 
+    HDFS-6030. Remove an unused constructor in INode.java.  (yzhang via
+    cmccabe)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-5790. LeaseManager.findPath is very slow when many leases need recovery
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
index 9242812bb7..b08324f192 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INode.java
@@ -752,11 +752,6 @@ public abstract class INode implements INodeAttributes, Diff.Element<byte[]> {
      */
     private List<Block> toDeleteList;
     
-    public BlocksMapUpdateInfo(List<Block> toDeleteList) {
-      this.toDeleteList = toDeleteList == null ? new ArrayList<Block>()
-          : toDeleteList;
-    }
-    
     public BlocksMapUpdateInfo() {
       toDeleteList = new ChunkedArrayList<Block>();
     }