diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/TagManager.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/TagManager.java
index 8d469c1754b9d..af71422008d4e 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/TagManager.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/utils/TagManager.java
@@ -212,10 +212,6 @@ public void deleteTag(
         doClean(taggedSnapshot, taggedSnapshots, snapshotManager, tagDeletion, branch);
     }
 
-    private void deleteTagMetaFile(String tagName, List<TagCallback> callbacks) {
-        deleteTagMetaFile(tagName, callbacks, branch);
-    }
-
     private void deleteTagMetaFile(String tagName, List<TagCallback> callbacks, String branch) {
         fileIO.deleteQuietly(tagPath(branch, tagName));
         try {