diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/timeline/HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/timeline/HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.java
index ae4523e72..9c0e33b95 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/timeline/HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/timeline/HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline;
 
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieTimelineTimeZone;
 import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
@@ -109,10 +108,6 @@ public class HoodieInstantTimeGenerator {
     return instant.length() == SECS_INSTANT_ID_LENGTH;
   }
 
-  public static String formatInstantTime(Instant timestamp) {
-    return MILLIS_INSTANT_TIME_FORMATTER.format(timestamp);
-  }
-
   public static String formatDate(Date timestamp) {
     return getInstantFromTemporalAccessor(convertDateToTemporalAccessor(timestamp));
   }