diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/ManagedRepositoryContent.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/ManagedRepositoryContent.java
index 3ba9fddb8..e06f62e1c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/ManagedRepositoryContent.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/ManagedRepositoryContent.java
@@ -428,22 +428,6 @@ public interface ManagedRepositoryContent extends RepositoryContent
     ManagedRepository getRepository();
 
 
-    /**
-     * <p>
-     * Given a specific {@link VersionedReference}, return the list of available versions for that
-     * versioned reference.
-     * </p>
-     * <p>
-     * <strong>NOTE:</strong> This is really only useful when working with SNAPSHOTs.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @param reference the versioned reference to work off of.
-     * @return the set of versions found.
-     * @throws ContentNotFoundException if the versioned reference does not exist within the repository.
-     */
-    Set<String> getVersions( VersionedReference reference )
-        throws ContentNotFoundException, ContentAccessException, LayoutException;
-
     /**
      * Determines if the artifact referenced exists in the repository.
      *
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
index 977bad2ed..9f52b8078 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
@@ -236,12 +235,6 @@ public class ManagedRepositoryContentMock implements ManagedRepositoryContent
         return repository;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Set<String> getVersions( VersionedReference reference ) throws ContentNotFoundException, ContentAccessException, LayoutException
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean hasContent( ArtifactReference reference ) throws ContentAccessException
     {
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-scanner/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/scanner/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-scanner/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/scanner/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
index 92e025886..22ab8656c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-scanner/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/scanner/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-scanner/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/scanner/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -258,12 +257,6 @@ public class ManagedRepositoryContentMock implements ManagedRepositoryContent
         return repository;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Set<String> getVersions( VersionedReference reference ) throws ContentNotFoundException, ContentAccessException, LayoutException
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean hasContent( ArtifactReference reference ) throws ContentAccessException
     {
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
index 68e006247..6d3d60a0f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-proxy/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/mock/ManagedRepositoryContentMock.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -262,12 +261,6 @@ public class ManagedRepositoryContentMock implements ManagedRepositoryContent
         return repository;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Set<String> getVersions( VersionedReference reference ) throws ContentNotFoundException, ContentAccessException, LayoutException
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean hasContent( ArtifactReference reference ) throws ContentAccessException
     {
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/maven/content/ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/maven/content/ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent.java
index b6852c7ad..af42632d6 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/maven/content/ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/maven/content/ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -1170,22 +1169,6 @@ public class ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent
         return repository;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Set<String> getVersions( VersionedReference reference )
-        throws ContentNotFoundException, ContentAccessException, LayoutException
-    {
-        try(Stream<ArtifactReference> stream = newArtifactStream( reference ))
-        {
-            return stream.filter( Objects::nonNull )
-                .map( ar -> ar.getVersion( ) )
-                .collect( Collectors.toSet( ) );
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            final String path = toPath( reference );
-            log.error("Could not read directory from repository {} - {}: ", getId(), path, e.getMessage(), e);
-            throw new ContentAccessException( "Could not read path for repository "+getId()+": "+ path, e );
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean hasContent( ArtifactReference reference ) throws ContentAccessException
     {