diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/internal/BytecodeProviderInitiator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/internal/BytecodeProviderInitiator.java
index 9bcfd20a9c..4e2487540c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/internal/BytecodeProviderInitiator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/internal/BytecodeProviderInitiator.java
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ import org.hibernate.Internal;
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceInitiator;
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.spi.ClassLoaderService;
 import org.hibernate.bytecode.spi.BytecodeProvider;
-import org.hibernate.internal.CoreMessageLogger;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceRegistryImplementor;
 
-import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
-
 import static org.hibernate.internal.util.NullnessUtil.castNonNull;
 
 public final class BytecodeProviderInitiator implements StandardServiceInitiator<BytecodeProvider> {
@@ -78,30 +75,4 @@ public final class BytecodeProviderInitiator implements StandardServiceInitiator
 		}
 		return provider;
 	}
-
-	@Internal
-	public static BytecodeProvider buildBytecodeProvider(String providerName) {
-		CoreMessageLogger LOG = Logger.getMessageLogger( CoreMessageLogger.class, BytecodeProviderInitiator.class.getName() );
-		LOG.bytecodeProvider( providerName );
-
-		if ( BYTECODE_PROVIDER_NAME_NONE.equals( providerName ) ) {
-			return new org.hibernate.bytecode.internal.none.BytecodeProviderImpl();
-		}
-		if ( BYTECODE_PROVIDER_NAME_BYTEBUDDY.equals( providerName ) ) {
-			return new org.hibernate.bytecode.internal.bytebuddy.BytecodeProviderImpl();
-		}
-
-		// There is no need to support plugging in a custom BytecodeProvider via FQCN
-		// as it's possible to plug a custom BytecodeProviderInitiator into the bootstrap.
-		//
-		// This also allows integrators to inject a BytecodeProvider instance which has some
-		// state: particularly useful to inject proxy definitions which have been prepared in
-		// advance.
-		// See also https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-13804 and how this was solved in
-		// Quarkus.
-
-		LOG.unknownBytecodeProvider( providerName, BYTECODE_PROVIDER_NAME_DEFAULT );
-		return new org.hibernate.bytecode.internal.bytebuddy.BytecodeProviderImpl();
-	}
-
 }