diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/BufferedDeletesStream.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/BufferedDeletesStream.java
index c8d703c463f..a4e7f5c1c08 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/BufferedDeletesStream.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/BufferedDeletesStream.java
@@ -155,11 +155,6 @@ class BufferedDeletesStream {
         return 0;
       }
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object other) {
-      return sortSegInfoByDelGen == other;
-    }
   };
   
   /** Resolves the buffered deleted Term/Query/docIDs, into