diff --git a/src/or/nodelist.c b/src/or/nodelist.c
index e24261b28d..0ef9741243 100644
--- a/src/or/nodelist.c
+++ b/src/or/nodelist.c
@@ -1010,16 +1010,6 @@ node_get_platform(const node_t *node)
return NULL;
}
-/** Return node's time of publication, or 0 if we don't have one. */
-time_t
-node_get_published_on(const node_t *node)
-{
- if (node->ri)
- return node->ri->cache_info.published_on;
- else
- return 0;
-}
-
/** Return true iff node is one representing this router. */
int
node_is_me(const node_t *node)
diff --git a/src/or/nodelist.h b/src/or/nodelist.h
index b94a066913..6c063de8a3 100644
--- a/src/or/nodelist.h
+++ b/src/or/nodelist.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ const char *node_get_platform(const node_t *node);
uint32_t node_get_prim_addr_ipv4h(const node_t *node);
void node_get_address_string(const node_t *node, char *cp, size_t len);
long node_get_declared_uptime(const node_t *node);
-time_t node_get_published_on(const node_t *node);
const smartlist_t *node_get_declared_family(const node_t *node);
const ed25519_public_key_t *node_get_ed25519_id(const node_t *node);
int node_ed25519_id_matches(const node_t *node,