diff --git a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/http/ServerHTTPSPDYAsyncConnection.java b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/http/ServerHTTPSPDYAsyncConnection.java
index 92b83d12693..6f7ca5aedb0 100644
--- a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/http/ServerHTTPSPDYAsyncConnection.java
+++ b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/http/ServerHTTPSPDYAsyncConnection.java
@@ -464,11 +464,6 @@ public class ServerHTTPSPDYAsyncConnection extends AbstractHttpConnection implem
         return pushHeaders;
     }
 
-    private boolean isIfModifiedSinceHeaderPresent()
-    {
-        return headers.get("if-modified-since") != null;
-    }
-
     private Buffer consumeContent(long maxIdleTime) throws IOException, InterruptedException
     {
         while (true)