diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SourceLookup.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SourceLookup.java
index 4cc44747d0f..aa4a641d98e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SourceLookup.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/lookup/SourceLookup.java
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ public class SourceLookup implements Map {
         return context.getFilter().apply(loadSourceIfNeeded());
     }
 
-    public Object extractValue(String path) {
-        return XContentMapValues.extractValue(path, loadSourceIfNeeded());
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Object get(Object key) {
         return loadSourceIfNeeded().get(key);