diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IndexQueryParserService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IndexQueryParserService.java
index 5be406e5bab..76a1577b2a4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IndexQueryParserService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IndexQueryParserService.java
@@ -153,27 +153,6 @@ public class IndexQueryParserService extends AbstractIndexComponent {
         return indicesQueriesRegistry;
     }
 
-    public ParsedQuery parse(QueryBuilder<?> queryBuilder) {
-        QueryShardContext context = cache.get();
-        context.reset();
-        context.parseFieldMatcher(parseFieldMatcher);
-        try {
-            return innerParse(context, queryBuilder);
-        } catch (ParsingException e) {
-            throw e;
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new QueryShardException(context, "failed to create query: {}", e, queryBuilder);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static ParsedQuery innerParse(QueryShardContext context, QueryBuilder<?> queryBuilder) throws IOException, QueryShardException {
-        Query query = queryBuilder.toQuery(context);
-        if (query == null) {
-            query = Queries.newMatchNoDocsQuery();
-        }
-        return new ParsedQuery(query, context.copyNamedQueries());
-    }
-
     public ParsedQuery parse(BytesReference source) {
         QueryShardContext context = cache.get();
         XContentParser parser = null;
@@ -279,7 +258,7 @@ public class IndexQueryParserService extends AbstractIndexComponent {
 
     public Query parseInnerQuery(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
         return toQuery(context.parseContext().parseInnerQueryBuilder(), context);
-            }
+    }
 
     public ParsedQuery toQuery(QueryBuilder<?> queryBuilder) {
         QueryShardContext context = cache.get();