diff --git a/src/os/aix/vm/os_aix.cpp b/src/os/aix/vm/os_aix.cpp
index f74d17c84566e0089defb269ea819f3e74d2d284..3f6675ba53874c4c11a49eb5d6f2339ae104b500 100644
--- a/src/os/aix/vm/os_aix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/aix/vm/os_aix.cpp
@@ -1215,10 +1215,6 @@ void os::die() {
   ::abort();
 }
 
-// Unused on Aix for now.
-void os::set_error_file(const char *logfile) {}
-
-
 // This method is a copy of JDK's sysGetLastErrorString
 // from src/solaris/hpi/src/system_md.c