diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/QRDecompositionImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/QRDecompositionImpl.java
index 49fe28ac0..c49c25fa9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/QRDecompositionImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/QRDecompositionImpl.java
@@ -317,11 +317,6 @@ public class QRDecompositionImpl implements QRDecomposition {
             return new ArrayRealVector(x, false);
         }
 
-        /** {@inheritDoc} */
-        public double[][] solve(double[][] b) {
-            return solve(new BlockRealMatrix(b)).getData();
-        }
-
         /** {@inheritDoc} */
         public RealMatrix solve(RealMatrix b) {
             final int n = qrt.length;