diff --git a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/jsonschema/LowLevelJsonSchemaValidator.groovy b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/jsonschema/LowLevelJsonSchemaValidator.groovy
index bea82ba26..dd46760a5 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/jsonschema/LowLevelJsonSchemaValidator.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/jsonschema/LowLevelJsonSchemaValidator.groovy
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ class LowLevelJsonSchemaValidator {
         doValidate(origInput, Json.schema(schemaUri), json)
     }
 
-    static HttpInputMessage validateMetadataFilterTypePayloadAgainstSchema(HttpInputMessage inputMessage,
-                                                                           JsonSchemaResourceLocationRegistry schemaRegistry) {
-        null
-    }
-
     private static Json extractJsonPayload(List origInput) {
         Json.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(origInput[0]).getText())
     }