diff --git a/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/FileSystemProvider.java b/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/FileSystemProvider.java
index 291fc547f86..6650ce29134 100644
--- a/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/FileSystemProvider.java
+++ b/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/FileSystemProvider.java
@@ -361,8 +361,6 @@ int setTag(FsInode inode, String tagName, byte[] data,
     void removeTag(FsInode dir, String tagName)
           throws ChimeraFsException;
 
-    void removeTag(FsInode dir) throws ChimeraFsException;
-
     int getTag(FsInode inode, String tagName, byte[] data,
           int offset, int len) throws ChimeraFsException;
 
diff --git a/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/FsSqlDriver.java b/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/FsSqlDriver.java
index 8f62fe294f1..03f4eb0adca 100644
--- a/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/FsSqlDriver.java
+++ b/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/FsSqlDriver.java
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ private boolean removeDir(FsInode parent, FsInode inode, String name)
         // ensure that t_inodes and t_tags_inodes updated in the same order as
         // in mkdir
         decNlink(parent);
-        removeTag(inode);
+        removeAllTags(inode);
 
         if (!removeInodeIfUnlinked(inode, true)) {
             throw new DirNotEmptyChimeraFsException("directory is not empty");
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void remove(FsInode inode) throws DirNotEmptyChimeraFsException {
 
         boolean isDir = inode.isDirectory();
         if (isDir) {
-            removeTag(inode);
+            removeAllTags(inode);
         }
 
         for (Long parent : parents) {
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ void removeTag(FsInode dir, String tag) {
         }
     }
 
-    void removeTag(FsInode dir) {
+    protected void removeAllTags(FsInode dir) {
         /* Get the name of the tags to be removed.
          */
         _jdbc.queryForList("SELECT itagname FROM t_tags WHERE inumber=?", String.class, dir.ino())
diff --git a/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/JdbcFs.java b/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/JdbcFs.java
index e69f1e8f59f..f80aff7a120 100644
--- a/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/JdbcFs.java
+++ b/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/JdbcFs.java
@@ -1281,14 +1281,6 @@ public void removeTag(FsInode dir, String tagName) throws ChimeraFsException {
         });
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void removeTag(FsInode dir) throws ChimeraFsException {
-        inTransaction(status -> {
-            _sqlDriver.removeTag(dir);
-            return null;
-        });
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int getTag(FsInode inode, String tagName, byte[] data, int offset, int len)
           throws ChimeraFsException {