diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.cc b/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.cc
index c767d7a1f4dec..81a3b267e1e0c 100644
--- a/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.cc
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.cc
@@ -4008,6 +4008,7 @@ bool ha_rocksdb::same_table(const ha_rocksdb& other) const
   return m_tbl_def->base_tablename() == other.m_tbl_def->base_tablename();
 }
 
+#ifdef MARIAROCKS_NOT_YET
 bool ha_rocksdb::init_with_fields()
 {
   uint pk= table_share->primary_key;
@@ -4022,7 +4023,7 @@ bool ha_rocksdb::init_with_fields()
   cached_table_flags= table_flags();
   return false; /* Ok */
 }
-
+#endif
 
 /**
   Convert record from table->record[0] form into a form that can be written
diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.h b/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.h
index 3a47db96679aa..0db8ee40c76b3 100644
--- a/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.h
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.h
@@ -591,9 +591,9 @@ class ha_rocksdb: public my_core::handler
            HA_NULL_IN_KEY |
            HA_PARTIAL_COLUMN_READ;
   }
-
+#ifdef MARIAROCKS_NOT_YET
   bool init_with_fields() override;
-
+#endif
   /** @brief
     This is a bitmap of flags that indicates how the storage engine
     implements indexes. The current index flags are documented in