diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/CollapsingQParserPlugin.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/CollapsingQParserPlugin.java
index b9d292e6443..896387ed056 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/CollapsingQParserPlugin.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/CollapsingQParserPlugin.java
@@ -909,11 +909,6 @@ public class CollapsingQParserPlugin extends QParserPlugin {
       }
     }
 
-    public boolean acceptsDocsOutOfOrder() {
-      //Documents must be sent in order to this collector.
-      return false;
-    }
-
     public void setScorer(Scorer scorer) {
       this.collapseStrategy.setScorer(scorer);
     }
@@ -1074,11 +1069,6 @@ public class CollapsingQParserPlugin extends QParserPlugin {
       }
     }
 
-    public boolean acceptsDocsOutOfOrder() {
-      //Documents must be sent in order to this collector.
-      return false;
-    }
-
     public void setScorer(Scorer scorer) {
       this.collapseStrategy.setScorer(scorer);
     }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestRankQueryPlugin.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestRankQueryPlugin.java
index d89569714c4..e3afed313d6 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestRankQueryPlugin.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestRankQueryPlugin.java
@@ -691,10 +691,6 @@ public class TestRankQueryPlugin extends QParserPlugin {
         @Override
         public void setScorer(Scorer scorer) throws IOException {}
         
-        public boolean acceptsDocsOutOfOrder() {
-          return false;
-        }
-
         public void collect(int doc) {
           list.add(new ScoreDoc(doc+base, (float)values.get(doc)));
         }