diff --git a/ql/src/semmle/go/Types.qll b/ql/src/semmle/go/Types.qll
index d2b734e0785..c486b6e440a 100644
--- a/ql/src/semmle/go/Types.qll
+++ b/ql/src/semmle/go/Types.qll
@@ -584,12 +584,6 @@ class SendRecvChanType extends @sendrcvchantype, ChanType {
 
 /** A named type. */
 class NamedType extends @namedtype, CompositeType {
-  /** Gets a method with name `m` defined on this type or its pointer type. */
-  MethodDecl getMethodDecl(string m) {
-    result.getName() = m and
-    this = result.getReceiverBaseType()
-  }
-
   /** Gets the type which this type is defined to be. */
   Type getBaseType() { underlying_type(this, result) }
 
diff --git a/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/MethodDecls.expected b/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/MethodDecls.expected
deleted file mode 100644
index f6d514fc52a..00000000000
--- a/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/MethodDecls.expected
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-| Foo | half | pkg1/tst.go:33:1:35:1 | function declaration |
-| base | f | pkg1/embedding.go:10:1:12:1 | function declaration |
-| base | g | pkg1/embedding.go:14:1:16:1 | function declaration |
-| embedder3 | f | pkg1/embedding.go:30:1:32:1 | function declaration |
diff --git a/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/MethodDecls.ql b/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/MethodDecls.ql
deleted file mode 100644
index c0fb55f3b19..00000000000
--- a/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/MethodDecls.ql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import go
-
-from NamedType t, string m
-select t, m, t.getMethodDecl(m)