diff --git a/src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc b/src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc
index 49f7960cd3..a5d90ebb60 100644
--- a/src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc
+++ b/src/logging/WriterFrontend.cc
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ WriterFrontend::~WriterFrontend() {
 
 void WriterFrontend::Stop() {
     if ( disabled ) {
-        CleanupWriteBuffer();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -198,10 +197,8 @@ void WriterFrontend::Write(detail::LogRecord&& arg_vals) {
 }
 
 void WriterFrontend::FlushWriteBuffer() {
-    if ( disabled ) {
-        CleanupWriteBuffer();
+    if ( disabled )
         return;
-    }
 
     if ( write_buffer.Empty() )
         // Nothing to do.
@@ -248,6 +245,4 @@ void WriterFrontend::Rotate(const char* rotated_path, double open, double close,
         log_mgr->FinishedRotation(this, nullptr, nullptr, 0, 0, false, terminating);
 }
 
-void WriterFrontend::CleanupWriteBuffer() { write_buffer.Clear(); }
-
 } // namespace zeek::logging
diff --git a/src/logging/WriterFrontend.h b/src/logging/WriterFrontend.h
index af860de22c..7dd44cfd7e 100644
--- a/src/logging/WriterFrontend.h
+++ b/src/logging/WriterFrontend.h
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ public:
      */
     bool Full() const { return records.size() >= buffer_size; }
 
-    /**
-     * Clear the records buffer.
-     */
-    void Clear() { records.clear(); }
-
 private:
     size_t buffer_size;
     std::vector<LogRecord> records;
@@ -269,9 +264,6 @@ protected:
     // Buffer for bulk writes.
     static const int WRITER_BUFFER_SIZE = 1000;
     detail::WriteBuffer write_buffer; // Buffer of size WRITER_BUFFER_SIZE.
-
-private:
-    void CleanupWriteBuffer();
 };
 
 } // namespace zeek::logging