diff --git a/src/logging/Manager.cc b/src/logging/Manager.cc
index 5ab2e5bc77..b47a2f9eff 100644
--- a/src/logging/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/logging/Manager.cc
@@ -1181,12 +1181,6 @@ void Manager::Terminate()
 		}
 	}
 
-void Manager::Error(WriterFrontend* writer, const char* msg)
-	{
-	reporter->Error("error with writer for %s: %s",
-		     writer->Path().c_str(), msg);
-	}
-
 // Timer which on dispatching rotates the filter.
 class RotationTimer : public Timer {
 public:
diff --git a/src/logging/Manager.h b/src/logging/Manager.h
index b65d22e3c0..d931bfaef8 100644
--- a/src/logging/Manager.h
+++ b/src/logging/Manager.h
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ protected:
 	bool FinishedRotation(WriterFrontend* writer, string new_name, string old_name,
 			      double open, double close, bool terminating);
 
-	// Reports an error for the given writer.
-	void Error(WriterFrontend* writer, const char* msg);
-
 	// Deletes the values as passed into Write().
 	void DeleteVals(int num_fields, threading::Value** vals);