diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/RestoreInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/RestoreInfo.java
index 6a58b52f72a..15d5d1ca268 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/RestoreInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/RestoreInfo.java
@@ -183,18 +183,6 @@ public class RestoreInfo implements ToXContentObject, Streamable {
         out.writeVInt(successfulShards);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Reads restore info from {@link StreamInput}
-     *
-     * @param in stream input
-     * @return restore info
-     */
-    public static RestoreInfo readRestoreInfo(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        RestoreInfo snapshotInfo = new RestoreInfo();
-        snapshotInfo.readFrom(in);
-        return snapshotInfo;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Reads optional restore info from {@link StreamInput}
      *
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotCreationException.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotCreationException.java
index 32d3992f243..b21ec99019c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotCreationException.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotCreationException.java
@@ -28,18 +28,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 public class SnapshotCreationException extends SnapshotException {
 
-    public SnapshotCreationException(final String repositoryName, final String snapshotName, final Throwable cause) {
-        super(repositoryName, snapshotName, "failed to create snapshot", cause);
-    }
-
     public SnapshotCreationException(final String repositoryName, final SnapshotId snapshotId, final Throwable cause) {
         super(repositoryName, snapshotId, "failed to create snapshot", cause);
     }
 
-    public SnapshotCreationException(final String repositoryName, final SnapshotId snapshotId, final String msg) {
-        super(repositoryName, snapshotId, msg);
-    }
-
     public SnapshotCreationException(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
index e4a6f3a3098..b512a570a85 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
@@ -562,14 +562,6 @@ public final class SnapshotInfo implements Comparable<SnapshotInfo>, ToXContent,
         return builder;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This method creates a SnapshotInfo from external x-content.  It does not
-     * handle x-content written with the internal version.
-     */
-    public static SnapshotInfo fromXContent(final XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
-        return SNAPSHOT_INFO_PARSER.parse(parser, null).build();
-    }
-
     /**
      * This method creates a SnapshotInfo from internal x-content.  It does not
      * handle x-content written with the external version as external x-content
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotMissingException.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotMissingException.java
index 5f0979e38d8..93fa6af2c3f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotMissingException.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotMissingException.java
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ public class SnapshotMissingException extends SnapshotException {
         super(repositoryName, snapshotId, "is missing", cause);
     }
 
-    public SnapshotMissingException(final String repositoryName, final SnapshotId snapshotId) {
-        super(repositoryName, snapshotId, "is missing");
-    }
-
     public SnapshotMissingException(final String repositoryName, final String snapshotName) {
         super(repositoryName, snapshotName, "is missing");
     }
@@ -49,5 +45,4 @@ public class SnapshotMissingException extends SnapshotException {
     public RestStatus status() {
         return RestStatus.NOT_FOUND;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotRestoreException.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotRestoreException.java
index 9003a08a54a..8bd3d3dcbd8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotRestoreException.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotRestoreException.java
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ public class SnapshotRestoreException extends SnapshotException {
         super(repositoryName, snapshotName, message);
     }
 
-    public SnapshotRestoreException(final String repositoryName, final String snapshotName, final String message, final Throwable cause) {
-        super(repositoryName, snapshotName, message, cause);
-    }
-
     public SnapshotRestoreException(final Snapshot snapshot, final String message) {
         super(snapshot, message);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardFailure.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardFailure.java
index 67bf9c6069f..a4971609672 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardFailure.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardFailure.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
@@ -125,19 +124,6 @@ public class SnapshotShardFailure extends ShardOperationFailedException {
             '}';
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Serializes snapshot failure information into JSON
-     *
-     * @param snapshotShardFailure snapshot failure information
-     * @param builder              XContent builder
-     * @param params               additional parameters
-     */
-    public static void toXContent(SnapshotShardFailure snapshotShardFailure, XContentBuilder builder, ToXContent.Params params) throws IOException {
-        builder.startObject();
-        snapshotShardFailure.toXContent(builder, params);
-        builder.endObject();
-    }
-
     static final ConstructingObjectParser<SnapshotShardFailure, Void> SNAPSHOT_SHARD_FAILURE_PARSER =
         new ConstructingObjectParser<>("shard_failure", true, SnapshotShardFailure::constructSnapshotShardFailure);