diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/read0read.h b/storage/innobase/include/read0read.h
index 129341b..bd92f88 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/read0read.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/read0read.h
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ public:
 	@param own_mutex	true if caller owns trx_sys_t::mutex */
 	void view_close(ReadView*& view, bool own_mutex);
 
-	/**
-	Release a view that is inactive but not closed. Caller must own
-	the trx_sys_t::mutex.
-	@param view		View to release */
-	void view_release(ReadView*& view);
-
 	/** Clones the oldest view and stores it in view. No need to
 	call view_close(). The caller owns the view that is passed in.
 	It will also move the closed views from the m_views list to the
diff --git a/storage/innobase/read/read0read.cc b/storage/innobase/read/read0read.cc
index c58797a..1a6f74f 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/read/read0read.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/read/read0read.cc
@@ -496,36 +496,6 @@ MVCC::get_view()
 }
 
 /**
-Release a view that is inactive but not closed. Caller must own
-the trx_sys_t::mutex.
-@param view		View to release */
-void
-MVCC::view_release(ReadView*& view)
-{
-	ut_ad(!srv_read_only_mode);
-	ut_ad(trx_sys_mutex_own());
-
-	uintptr_t	p = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(view);
-
-	ut_a(p & 0x1);
-
-	view = reinterpret_cast<ReadView*>(p & ~1);
-
-	ut_ad(view->m_closed);
-
-	/** RW transactions should not free their views here. Their views
-	should freed using view_close_view() */
-
-	ut_ad(view->m_creator_trx_id == 0);
-
-	UT_LIST_REMOVE(m_views, view);
-
-	UT_LIST_ADD_LAST(m_free, view);
-
-	view = NULL;
-}
-
-/**
 Allocate and create a view.
 @param view		view owned by this class created for the
 			caller. Must be freed by calling view_close()