diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/filter/GZipResponseStream.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/filter/GZipResponseStream.java
index 0dfc360322..8c80589f97 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/filter/GZipResponseStream.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/filter/GZipResponseStream.java
@@ -108,17 +108,6 @@ public class GZipResponseStream extends ServletOutputStream
     closed = true;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Method description
-   *
-   *
-   * @return
-   */
-  public boolean closed()
-  {
-    return closed;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Method description
    *