diff --git a/lib/ApplicationFeatures/ApplicationServer.h b/lib/ApplicationFeatures/ApplicationServer.h
index faf8fd9a8c..84aa28cd4f 100644
--- a/lib/ApplicationFeatures/ApplicationServer.h
+++ b/lib/ApplicationFeatures/ApplicationServer.h
@@ -270,13 +270,7 @@ class ApplicationServer {
   void setupDependencies(bool failOnMissing);
 
   std::vector<ApplicationFeature*> const& getOrderedFeatures() { return _orderedFeatures; }
-  
-  static void setStateUnsafe(ServerState state) {
-    if (server) {
-      server->_state.store(state);
-    }
-  }
-  
+ 
  private:
   // throws an exception that a requested feature was not found
   [[ noreturn ]] static void throwFeatureNotFoundException(std::string const& name);