diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/call.h b/include/grpc++/impl/call.h
index edc6555b0c4..139604a531b 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/call.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/call.h
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ class CallOpBuffer final : public CompletionQueueTag {
   // Convert to an array of grpc_op elements
   void FillOps(grpc_op *ops, size_t *nops);
 
-  // Release send buffers.
-  void ReleaseSendBuffer();
-
   // Called by completion queue just prior to returning from Next() or Pluck()
   void FinalizeResult(void *tag, bool *status) override;
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/call.cc b/src/cpp/common/call.cc
index 1aa79d46150..2ff6007f71d 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/call.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/call.cc
@@ -144,17 +144,14 @@ void CallOpBuffer::FillOps(grpc_op *ops, size_t *nops) {
   }
 }
 
-void CallOpBuffer::ReleaseSendBuffer() {
+void CallOpBuffer::FinalizeResult(void *tag, bool *status) {
+  // Release send buffers
   if (write_buffer_) {
     grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(write_buffer_);
     write_buffer_ = nullptr;
   }
 }
 
-void CallOpBuffer::FinalizeResult(void *tag, bool *status) {
-
-}
-
 void CCallDeleter::operator()(grpc_call* c) {
   grpc_call_destroy(c);
 }