diff --git a/src/core/iomgr/timer.c b/src/core/iomgr/timer.c
index 66fafe75adc..ce7da14588b 100644
--- a/src/core/iomgr/timer.c
+++ b/src/core/iomgr/timer.c
@@ -343,11 +343,3 @@ int grpc_timer_check(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, gpr_timespec now,
       exec_ctx, now, next,
       gpr_time_cmp(now, gpr_inf_future(now.clock_type)) != 0);
 }
-
-gpr_timespec grpc_timer_list_next_timeout(void) {
-  gpr_timespec out;
-  gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu);
-  out = g_shard_queue[0]->min_deadline;
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&g_mu);
-  return out;
-}
diff --git a/src/core/iomgr/timer_internal.h b/src/core/iomgr/timer_internal.h
index f180eca36e0..f182e737646 100644
--- a/src/core/iomgr/timer_internal.h
+++ b/src/core/iomgr/timer_internal.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ int grpc_timer_check(grpc_exec_ctx* exec_ctx, gpr_timespec now,
 void grpc_timer_list_init(gpr_timespec now);
 void grpc_timer_list_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx* exec_ctx);
 
-gpr_timespec grpc_timer_list_next_timeout(void);
-
 /* the following must be implemented by each iomgr implementation */
 
 void grpc_kick_poller(void);