diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 25158c2572..893e7ca7f0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+7.2.0-dev.137 | 2025-02-03 16:53:04 -0800
+
+  * Remove unused SupervisedNode::InitCluster declaration (Christian Kreibich, Corelight)
+
 7.2.0-dev.135 | 2025-02-03 17:50:31 +0100
 
   * QUIC/decrypt_crypto: Rename all_data to data (Arne Welzel, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2bcbd95164..64895365ea 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.2.0-dev.135
+7.2.0-dev.137
diff --git a/src/supervisor/Supervisor.h b/src/supervisor/Supervisor.h
index 641618dfde..0224fb3d7b 100644
--- a/src/supervisor/Supervisor.h
+++ b/src/supervisor/Supervisor.h
@@ -367,17 +367,6 @@ struct SupervisorStemHandle {
  * State which defines a Supervised Zeek node's understanding of itself.
  */
 struct SupervisedNode {
-    /**
-     * Initialize the Supervised node within the Zeek Cluster Framework.
-     * This function populates the "Cluster::nodes" script-layer variable
-     * that otherwise is expected to be populated by a
-     * "cluster-layout.zeek" script in other context (e.g. ZeekCtl
-     * generates that cluster layout).
-     * @return  true if the supervised node is using the Cluster Framework
-     * else false.
-     */
-    bool InitCluster() const;
-
     /**
      * Initialize the Supervised node.
      * @param options  the Zeek options to extend/modify as appropriate