diff --git a/src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c b/src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c
index b0d9f21e68..5b5a80e890 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c
@@ -343,9 +343,6 @@ smgrcreate(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum, bool isRedo)
  *
  *		If isRedo is true, it is okay for the underlying file(s) to be gone
  *		already.
- *
- *		This is equivalent to calling smgrdounlinkfork for each fork, but
- *		it's significantly quicker so should be preferred when possible.
  */
 void
 smgrdounlink(SMgrRelation reln, bool isRedo)
@@ -472,58 +469,6 @@ smgrdounlinkall(SMgrRelation *rels, int nrels, bool isRedo)
 	pfree(rnodes);
 }
 
-/*
- *	smgrdounlinkfork() -- Immediately unlink one fork of a relation.
- *
- *		The specified fork of the relation is removed from the store.  This
- *		should not be used during transactional operations, since it can't be
- *		undone.
- *
- *		If isRedo is true, it is okay for the underlying file to be gone
- *		already.
- */
-void
-smgrdounlinkfork(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum, bool isRedo)
-{
-	RelFileNodeBackend rnode = reln->smgr_rnode;
-	int			which = reln->smgr_which;
-
-	/* Close the fork at smgr level */
-	smgrsw[which].smgr_close(reln, forknum);
-
-	/*
-	 * Get rid of any remaining buffers for the fork.  bufmgr will just drop
-	 * them without bothering to write the contents.
-	 */
-	DropRelFileNodeBuffers(rnode, forknum, 0);
-
-	/*
-	 * It'd be nice to tell the stats collector to forget it immediately, too.
-	 * But we can't because we don't know the OID (and in cases involving
-	 * relfilenode swaps, it's not always clear which table OID to forget,
-	 * anyway).
-	 */
-
-	/*
-	 * Send a shared-inval message to force other backends to close any
-	 * dangling smgr references they may have for this rel.  We should do this
-	 * before starting the actual unlinking, in case we fail partway through
-	 * that step.  Note that the sinval message will eventually come back to
-	 * this backend, too, and thereby provide a backstop that we closed our
-	 * own smgr rel.
-	 */
-	CacheInvalidateSmgr(rnode);
-
-	/*
-	 * Delete the physical file(s).
-	 *
-	 * Note: smgr_unlink must treat deletion failure as a WARNING, not an
-	 * ERROR, because we've already decided to commit or abort the current
-	 * xact.
-	 */
-	smgrsw[which].smgr_unlink(rnode, forknum, isRedo);
-}
-
 /*
  *	smgrextend() -- Add a new block to a file.
  *
diff --git a/src/include/storage/smgr.h b/src/include/storage/smgr.h
index d286c8c7b1..7393727a4b 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/smgr.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/smgr.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ extern void smgrclosenode(RelFileNodeBackend rnode);
 extern void smgrcreate(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum, bool isRedo);
 extern void smgrdounlink(SMgrRelation reln, bool isRedo);
 extern void smgrdounlinkall(SMgrRelation *rels, int nrels, bool isRedo);
-extern void smgrdounlinkfork(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum, bool isRedo);
 extern void smgrextend(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum,
 					   BlockNumber blocknum, char *buffer, bool skipFsync);
 extern void smgrprefetch(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum,