diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStoragePool.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStoragePool.java
index 1cfff09022b..bf52f7cd418 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStoragePool.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStoragePool.java
@@ -426,8 +426,4 @@ public class LibvirtStoragePool implements KVMStoragePool {
             return true;
         }
     }
-
-    public void setType(StoragePoolType type) {
-        this.type = type;
-    }
 }