diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
index bab7ed0542402..645c804af2f8e 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.BookKeeper;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.ManagedLedgerException;
-import org.apache.pulsar.broker.PulsarService;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.ServiceConfiguration;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.web.PulsarWebResource;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.web.RestException;
@@ -481,30 +480,6 @@ protected CompletableFuture<PartitionedTopicMetadata> getPartitionedTopicMetadat
                 });
     }
 
-    protected static PartitionedTopicMetadata fetchPartitionedTopicMetadata(PulsarService pulsar, TopicName topicName) {
-        try {
-            return pulsar.getBrokerService().fetchPartitionedTopicMetadataAsync(topicName).get();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            if (e.getCause() instanceof RestException) {
-                throw (RestException) e.getCause();
-            }
-            throw new RestException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    protected static PartitionedTopicMetadata fetchPartitionedTopicMetadataCheckAllowAutoCreation(
-            PulsarService pulsar, TopicName topicName) {
-        try {
-            return pulsar.getBrokerService().fetchPartitionedTopicMetadataCheckAllowAutoCreationAsync(topicName)
-                    .get();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            if (e.getCause() instanceof RestException) {
-                throw (RestException) e.getCause();
-            }
-            throw new RestException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
    protected void validateClusterExists(String cluster) {
         try {
             if (!clusterResources().getCluster(cluster).isPresent()) {