diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagesCache.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagesCache.java
index 111366dbd..a3b9ed777 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagesCache.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagesCache.java
@@ -285,11 +285,6 @@ public class MessagesCache {
 
   }
 
-  public boolean hasMessages(final UUID destinationUuid, final byte destinationDevice) {
-    return redisCluster.withBinaryCluster(
-        connection -> connection.sync().zcard(getMessageQueueKey(destinationUuid, destinationDevice)) > 0);
-  }
-
   public CompletableFuture<Boolean> hasMessagesAsync(final UUID destinationUuid, final byte destinationDevice) {
     return redisCluster.withBinaryCluster(connection ->
             connection.async().zcard(getMessageQueueKey(destinationUuid, destinationDevice))
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagesCacheTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagesCacheTest.java
index 02fbdbd35..fcb93a2bb 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagesCacheTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagesCacheTest.java
@@ -193,17 +193,6 @@ class MessagesCacheTest {
       assertEquals(messagesToPreserve, get(DESTINATION_UUID, DESTINATION_DEVICE_ID, messageCount));
     }
 
-    @Test
-    void testHasMessages() {
-      assertFalse(messagesCache.hasMessages(DESTINATION_UUID, DESTINATION_DEVICE_ID));
-
-      final UUID messageGuid = UUID.randomUUID();
-      final MessageProtos.Envelope message = generateRandomMessage(messageGuid, true);
-      messagesCache.insert(messageGuid, DESTINATION_UUID, DESTINATION_DEVICE_ID, message).join();
-
-      assertTrue(messagesCache.hasMessages(DESTINATION_UUID, DESTINATION_DEVICE_ID));
-    }
-
     @Test
     void testHasMessagesAsync() {
       assertFalse(messagesCache.hasMessagesAsync(DESTINATION_UUID, DESTINATION_DEVICE_ID).join());