diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/FsDatasetSpi.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/FsDatasetSpi.java
index e11321246b..547392fe4e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/FsDatasetSpi.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/FsDatasetSpi.java
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ StorageReport[] getStorageReports(String bpid)
    */
   List<ReplicaInfo> getFinalizedBlocks(String bpid);
 
-  /** @return a list of finalized blocks for the given block pool. */
-  List<ReplicaInfo> getFinalizedBlocksOnPersistentStorage(String bpid);
-
   /**
    * Check whether the in-memory block record matches the block on the disk,
    * and, in case that they are not matched, update the record or mark it
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetImpl.java
index 0f40f2a2dc..69831f45cb 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetImpl.java
@@ -1737,26 +1737,6 @@ public List<ReplicaInfo> getFinalizedBlocks(String bpid) {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Get the list of finalized blocks from in-memory blockmap for a block pool.
-   */
-  @Override
-  public List<ReplicaInfo> getFinalizedBlocksOnPersistentStorage(
-      String bpid) {
-    try (AutoCloseableLock lock = datasetLock.acquire()) {
-      ArrayList<ReplicaInfo> finalized =
-          new ArrayList<ReplicaInfo>(volumeMap.size(bpid));
-      for (ReplicaInfo b : volumeMap.replicas(bpid)) {
-        if(!b.getVolume().isTransientStorage() &&
-            b.getState() == ReplicaState.FINALIZED) {
-          finalized.add(new ReplicaBuilder(ReplicaState.FINALIZED)
-              .from(b).build());
-        }
-      }
-      return finalized;
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Check if a block is valid.
    *
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/SimulatedFSDataset.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/SimulatedFSDataset.java
index 6c592310d6..8e6191a12d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/SimulatedFSDataset.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/SimulatedFSDataset.java
@@ -1339,11 +1339,6 @@ public List<ReplicaInfo> getFinalizedBlocks(String bpid) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public List<ReplicaInfo> getFinalizedBlocksOnPersistentStorage(String bpid) {
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public Map<String, Object> getVolumeInfoMap() {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/extdataset/ExternalDatasetImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/extdataset/ExternalDatasetImpl.java
index 7b7f04f2a8..41663464f7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/extdataset/ExternalDatasetImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/extdataset/ExternalDatasetImpl.java
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ public List<ReplicaInfo> getFinalizedBlocks(String bpid) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public List<ReplicaInfo> getFinalizedBlocksOnPersistentStorage(String bpid) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void checkAndUpdate(String bpid, long blockId, File diskFile,
       File diskMetaFile, FsVolumeSpi vol) {