diff --git a/arangod/RocksDBEngine/RocksDBBuilderIndex.cpp b/arangod/RocksDBEngine/RocksDBBuilderIndex.cpp
index da9e9c84ea..af53d0bfab 100644
--- a/arangod/RocksDBEngine/RocksDBBuilderIndex.cpp
+++ b/arangod/RocksDBEngine/RocksDBBuilderIndex.cpp
@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ void RocksDBBuilderIndex::toVelocyPack(VPackBuilder& builder,
   builder.close();
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<IndexIterator> RocksDBBuilderIndex::iteratorForCondition(transaction::Methods* /* trx */,
-                                                                         aql::AstNode const* /* node */,
-                                                                         aql::Variable const* /* reference */,
-                                                                         IndexIteratorOptions const& /* opts */) {
-  LOG_DEVEL << "index with ID " << _iid;
-  TRI_ASSERT(false);
-}
-
 /// insert index elements into the specified write batch.
 Result RocksDBBuilderIndex::insert(transaction::Methods& trx, RocksDBMethods* mthd,
                                    LocalDocumentId const& documentId,
diff --git a/arangod/RocksDBEngine/RocksDBBuilderIndex.h b/arangod/RocksDBEngine/RocksDBBuilderIndex.h
index 05d6f73d19..b31a4614b9 100644
--- a/arangod/RocksDBEngine/RocksDBBuilderIndex.h
+++ b/arangod/RocksDBEngine/RocksDBBuilderIndex.h
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ class RocksDBBuilderIndex final : public arangodb::RocksDBIndex {
   /// @brief return a VelocyPack representation of the index
   void toVelocyPack(velocypack::Builder& builder,
                     std::underlying_type<Index::Serialize>::type) const override;
-  
-  std::unique_ptr<IndexIterator> iteratorForCondition(transaction::Methods* /* trx */,
-                                                      aql::AstNode const* /* node */,
-                                                      aql::Variable const* /* reference */,
-                                                      IndexIteratorOptions const& /* opts */) override;
 
   char const* typeName() const override { return _wrapped->typeName(); }