diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/track.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/track.h
index f00672a2de..df40ac092f 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/track.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/track.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API Track : public Route, public Recordable
 
 	bool can_record();
 
-	void update_latency_information ();
 	enum FreezeState {
 		NoFreeze,
 		Frozen,
diff --git a/libs/ardour/track.cc b/libs/ardour/track.cc
index 2d57ef782a..59a859fdbb 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/track.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/track.cc
@@ -578,18 +578,6 @@ Track::last_capture_sources ()
 	return _disk_writer->last_capture_sources ();
 }
 
-void
-Track::update_latency_information ()
-{
-	Glib::Threads::RWLock::ReaderLock lr (_processor_lock);
-	samplecnt_t chain_latency = _input->latency ();
-
-	for (ProcessorList::iterator p = _processors.begin(); p != _processors.end(); ++p) {
-		(*p)->set_input_latency (chain_latency);
-		chain_latency += (*p)->signal_latency ();
-	}
-}
-
 std::string
 Track::steal_write_source_name()
 {