diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/flows/certs/CertificateChecker.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/flows/certs/CertificateChecker.java
index ab97f6565..1f55a5dec 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/flows/certs/CertificateChecker.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/flows/certs/CertificateChecker.java
@@ -201,22 +201,6 @@ public class CertificateChecker {
     return checkCertificate(getCertificate(certificateString));
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns whether the certificate is nearing expiration.
-   *
-   * <p>Note that this is <i>all</i> that it checks. The certificate itself may well be expired or
-   * not yet valid and this message will still return false. So you definitely want to pair a call
-   * to this method with a call to {@link #checkCertificate} to determine other issues with the
-   * certificate that may be occurring.
-   */
-  public boolean isNearingExpiration(X509Certificate certificate) {
-    Date nearingExpirationDate =
-        DateTime.parse(certificate.getNotAfter().toInstant().toString())
-            .minusDays(expirationWarningDays)
-            .toDate();
-    return clock.nowUtc().toDate().after(nearingExpirationDate);
-  }
-
   /** Converts the given string to a certificate object. */
   public X509Certificate getCertificate(String certificateStr) {
     X509Certificate certificate;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/flows/certs/CertificateCheckerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/flows/certs/CertificateCheckerTest.java
index 299778355..dc599adcf 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/flows/certs/CertificateCheckerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/flows/certs/CertificateCheckerTest.java
@@ -218,30 +218,6 @@ class CertificateCheckerTest {
     assertThat(thrown).hasMessageThat().contains("Unable to read given certificate");
   }
 
-  @Test
-  void test_isNearingExpiration_yesItIs() throws Exception {
-    fakeClock.setTo(DateTime.parse("2021-09-20T00:00:00Z"));
-    X509Certificate certificate =
-        SelfSignedCaCertificate.create(
-                SSL_HOST,
-                DateTime.parse("2020-09-02T00:00:00Z"),
-                DateTime.parse("2021-10-01T00:00:00Z"))
-            .cert();
-    assertThat(certificateChecker.isNearingExpiration(certificate)).isTrue();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void test_isNearingExpiration_noItsNot() throws Exception {
-    fakeClock.setTo(DateTime.parse("2021-07-20T00:00:00Z"));
-    X509Certificate certificate =
-        SelfSignedCaCertificate.create(
-                SSL_HOST,
-                DateTime.parse("2020-09-02T00:00:00Z"),
-                DateTime.parse("2021-10-01T00:00:00Z"))
-            .cert();
-    assertThat(certificateChecker.isNearingExpiration(certificate)).isFalse();
-  }
-
   @Test
   void test_getCertificate_throwsException_invalidCertificateString() {
     IllegalArgumentException thrown =