diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/special/Gamma.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/special/Gamma.java
index 2db765638..dee373a40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/special/Gamma.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/special/Gamma.java
@@ -325,12 +325,4 @@ public class Gamma {
 
         return trigamma(x + 1) + 1 / (x * x);
     }
-
-    public static double lanczos(final double x){
-        double sum = 0.0;
-        for (int i = LANCZOS.length - 1; i > 0; --i) {
-            sum = sum + (LANCZOS[i] / (x + i));
-        }
-        return sum + LANCZOS[0];
-    }
 }