diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
index cc5e96327b241..f55e3740aaa8f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
@@ -1062,13 +1062,6 @@ public static boolean assertCurrentThreadPool(String... permittedThreadPoolNames
         return true;
     }
 
-    public static boolean assertTestThreadPool() {
-        final var threadName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
-        final var executorName = EsExecutors.executorName(threadName);
-        assert threadName.startsWith("TEST-") || threadName.startsWith("LuceneTestCase") : threadName + " is not a test thread";
-        return true;
-    }
-
     public static boolean assertInSystemContext(ThreadPool threadPool) {
         final var threadName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
         assert threadName.startsWith("TEST-") || threadName.startsWith("LuceneTestCase") || threadPool.getThreadContext().isSystemContext()