diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index f6e7dac989ad1c893f8e90c6dde5ce586710f8c2..2f3f34492da51d44ba165d4ae21239293d94e2ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -2376,21 +2376,6 @@ frozen_heap_insert(Relation relation, HeapTuple tup)
 	return result;
 }
 
-Oid
-frozen_heap_insert_directed(
-	Relation 		relation, 
-	HeapTuple 		tup, 
-	BlockNumber 	blockNum)
-{
-	Oid result;
-
-	relation->rd_targblock = blockNum;
-	result = heap_insert(relation, tup, GetCurrentCommandId(true),
-						 0, NULL,
-						 FrozenTransactionId);
-	return result;
-}
-
 /*
  * heap_trace_current_tuple
  *
diff --git a/src/include/access/heapam.h b/src/include/access/heapam.h
index 8f13e8a1ccc4e234cc612e19608c6783e0edc735..df0c67da811e2666425e75db632df67ef67cd46a 100644
--- a/src/include/access/heapam.h
+++ b/src/include/access/heapam.h
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ extern bool heap_freeze_tuple(HeapTupleHeader tuple, TransactionId *cutoff_xid,
 
 extern Oid	simple_heap_insert(Relation relation, HeapTuple tup);
 extern Oid frozen_heap_insert(Relation relation, HeapTuple tup);
-extern Oid frozen_heap_insert_directed(Relation relation, HeapTuple tup, BlockNumber blockNum);
 extern void simple_heap_delete(Relation relation, ItemPointer tid);
 extern void simple_heap_update(Relation relation, ItemPointer otid,
 				   HeapTuple tup);