diff --git a/include/rocksdb/sst_file_reader.h b/include/rocksdb/sst_file_reader.h
index 2748e675b..4b8642480 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/sst_file_reader.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/sst_file_reader.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #ifndef ROCKSDB_LITE
 
-#include "db/range_tombstone_fragmenter.h"
 #include "rocksdb/iterator.h"
 #include "rocksdb/options.h"
 #include "rocksdb/slice.h"
@@ -31,9 +30,6 @@ class SstFileReader {
   // If "snapshot" is nullptr, the iterator returns only the latest keys.
   Iterator* NewIterator(const ReadOptions& options);
 
-  FragmentedRangeTombstoneIterator* NewRangeTombstoneIterator(
-      const ReadOptions& options);
-
   std::shared_ptr<const TableProperties> GetTableProperties() const;
 
   // Verifies whether there is corruption in this table.
diff --git a/table/sst_file_reader.cc b/table/sst_file_reader.cc
index f73c4baa9..48f1be0be 100644
--- a/table/sst_file_reader.cc
+++ b/table/sst_file_reader.cc
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ Iterator* SstFileReader::NewIterator(const ReadOptions& roptions) {
   return res;
 }
 
-FragmentedRangeTombstoneIterator* SstFileReader::NewRangeTombstoneIterator(
-    const ReadOptions& options) {
-  auto r = rep_.get();
-  return r->table_reader->NewRangeTombstoneIterator(options);
-}
-
 std::shared_ptr<const TableProperties> SstFileReader::GetTableProperties()
     const {
   return rep_->table_reader->GetTableProperties();
diff --git a/table/sst_file_reader_test.cc b/table/sst_file_reader_test.cc
index 9292732a3..4837d223b 100644
--- a/table/sst_file_reader_test.cc
+++ b/table/sst_file_reader_test.cc
@@ -385,39 +385,6 @@ TEST_F(SstFileReaderTimestampTest, Basic) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_F(SstFileReaderTimestampTest, BasicDeleteRange) {
-  SstFileWriter writer(soptions_, options_);
-  ASSERT_OK(writer.Open(sst_name_));
-  ASSERT_OK(writer.DeleteRange("key1", "key2", EncodeAsUint64(1)));
-  ASSERT_OK(writer.Finish());
-
-  SstFileReader reader(options_);
-  ASSERT_OK(reader.Open(sst_name_));
-  ASSERT_OK(reader.VerifyChecksum());
-
-  ReadOptions read_options;
-  std::string ts = EncodeAsUint64(2);
-  Slice ts_slice = ts;
-  read_options.timestamp = &ts_slice;
-  FragmentedRangeTombstoneIterator* iter =
-      reader.NewRangeTombstoneIterator(read_options);
-  iter->SeekToFirst();
-  ASSERT_TRUE(iter->Valid());
-  ASSERT_OK(iter->status());
-  ASSERT_EQ(
-      StripTimestampFromUserKey(iter->start_key(), EncodeAsUint64(1).size()),
-      "key1");
-  ASSERT_EQ(
-      StripTimestampFromUserKey(iter->end_key(), EncodeAsUint64(1).size()),
-      "key2");
-  ASSERT_EQ(iter->timestamp(), EncodeAsUint64(1));
-  iter->Next();
-  ASSERT_FALSE(iter->Valid());
-  ASSERT_OK(iter->status());
-
-  delete iter;
-}
-
 TEST_F(SstFileReaderTimestampTest, TimestampsOutOfOrder) {
   SstFileWriter writer(soptions_, options_);