diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalysisService.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalysisService.java
index 090436d3133..42e21d7634c 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalysisService.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/AnalysisService.java
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.util.collect.Maps.*;
  */
 public class AnalysisService extends AbstractIndexComponent implements CloseableComponent {
 
-    private final ImmutableMap<String, AnalyzerProvider> analyzerProviders;
-
     private final ImmutableMap<String, NamedAnalyzer> analyzers;
 
     private final ImmutableMap<String, TokenizerFactory> tokenizers;
@@ -84,8 +82,6 @@ public class AnalysisService extends AbstractIndexComponent implements Closeable
             analyzerProviders.put("default_search", analyzerProviders.get("default"));
         }
 
-        this.analyzerProviders = ImmutableMap.copyOf(analyzerProviders);
-
         Map<String, NamedAnalyzer> analyzers = newHashMap();
         for (AnalyzerProvider analyzerFactory : analyzerProviders.values()) {
             analyzers.put(analyzerFactory.name(), new NamedAnalyzer(analyzerFactory.name(), analyzerFactory.get()));
@@ -151,10 +147,6 @@ public class AnalysisService extends AbstractIndexComponent implements Closeable
         return defaultAnalyzer();
     }
 
-    public AnalyzerProvider analyzerProvider(String name) {
-        return analyzerProviders.get(name);
-    }
-
     public TokenizerFactory tokenizer(String name) {
         return tokenizers.get(name);
     }