diff --git a/src/cluster/Backend.cc b/src/cluster/Backend.cc
index 59e19f7ae0..675fcd7982 100644
--- a/src/cluster/Backend.cc
+++ b/src/cluster/Backend.cc
@@ -213,11 +213,6 @@ void ThreadedBackend::QueueForProcessing(QueueMessage&& qmessages) {
         onloop->QueueForProcessing(std::move(qmessages));
 }
 
-void ThreadedBackend::Process() {
-    if ( onloop )
-        onloop->Process();
-}
-
 void ThreadedBackend::Process(QueueMessage&& msg) {
     // sonarlint wants to use std::visit. not sure...
     if ( auto* emsg = std::get_if<EventMessage>(&msg) ) {
diff --git a/src/cluster/Backend.h b/src/cluster/Backend.h
index ba689be8d3..8c40e29703 100644
--- a/src/cluster/Backend.h
+++ b/src/cluster/Backend.h
@@ -570,12 +570,6 @@ protected:
      */
     void QueueForProcessing(QueueMessage&& messages);
 
-    /**
-     * Delegate to onloop->Process() to trigger processing
-     * of outstanding queued messages explicitly, if any.
-     */
-    void Process();
-
     /**
      * The default DoInit() implementation of ThreadedBackend
      * registers itself as a counting IO source to keep the IO