diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index b6766a33b..0ae53de58 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
+
+ Removed unneeded private method in "PassiveExpiringMap".
+
Added clarification to the javadoc of "MapUtils#toProperties(Map)" in case
of null keys/values.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/map/PassiveExpiringMap.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/map/PassiveExpiringMap.java
index 2a18e45fc..168df8c0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/map/PassiveExpiringMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/map/PassiveExpiringMap.java
@@ -427,14 +427,6 @@ public class PassiveExpiringMap
@Override
public V put(final K key, final V value) {
- return put(key, value, now());
- }
-
- /**
- * Add the given key-value pair to this map as well as recording the entry's expiration time based on
- * the current time in milliseconds, now
and this map's {@link #expiringPolicy}.
- */
- private V put(final K key, final V value, final long now) {
// record expiration time of new entry
final long expirationTime = expiringPolicy.expirationTime(key, value);
expirationMap.put(key, Long.valueOf(expirationTime));