diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/PerDocProducerBase.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/PerDocProducerBase.java
index ddc66f1436f..d2bfb46b9f6 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/PerDocProducerBase.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/PerDocProducerBase.java
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ public abstract class PerDocProducerBase extends PerDocProducer {
   public static String docValuesId(String segmentsName, int fieldId) {
     return segmentsName + "_" + fieldId;
   }
-
-  public static String docValuesRegex(String segmentsName) {
-    return segmentsName + "_\\d+";
-  }
   
   /**
    * Loads a {@link DocValues} instance depending on the given {@link Type}.
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextPerDocConsumer.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextPerDocConsumer.java
index 137d7734916..abadbc8a161 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextPerDocConsumer.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextPerDocConsumer.java
@@ -59,8 +59,4 @@ class SimpleTextPerDocConsumer extends PerDocConsumer {
   static String docValuesId(String segmentsName, int fieldId) {
     return segmentsName + "_" + fieldId;
   }
-
-  static String docValuesIdRegexp(String segmentsName) {
-    return segmentsName + "_\\d+";
-  }
 }