diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.cc b/src/node_sqlite.cc
index c6b8a8d0a61..2662f29efc8 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.cc
@@ -3147,20 +3147,6 @@ MaybeLocal<Value> StatementExecutionHelper::ColumnToValue(Environment* env,
   return js_val;
 }
 
-MaybeLocal<Name> StatementExecutionHelper::ColumnNameToName(Environment* env,
-                                                            sqlite3_stmt* stmt,
-                                                            const int column) {
-  const char* col_name = sqlite3_column_name(stmt, column);
-  if (col_name == nullptr) {
-    THROW_ERR_INVALID_STATE(env, "Cannot get name of column %d", column);
-    return MaybeLocal<Name>();
-  }
-
-  return String::NewFromUtf8(
-             env->isolate(), col_name, NewStringType::kInternalized)
-      .As<Name>();
-}
-
 void StatementSync::MemoryInfo(MemoryTracker* tracker) const {}
 
 Maybe<void> ExtractRowValues(Environment* env,
diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.h b/src/node_sqlite.h
index 7fec61dbf9a..6976c20a938 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.h
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.h
@@ -187,9 +187,6 @@ class StatementExecutionHelper {
                                                  sqlite3_stmt* stmt,
                                                  const int column,
                                                  bool use_big_ints);
-  static v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Name> ColumnNameToName(Environment* env,
-                                                   sqlite3_stmt* stmt,
-                                                   const int column);
   static v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Value> Get(Environment* env,
                                        StatementSync* statement);
 };