diff --git a/src/com/google/javascript/jscomp/Compiler.java b/src/com/google/javascript/jscomp/Compiler.java
index 55e7f33dd04..c31b998b95b 100644
--- a/src/com/google/javascript/jscomp/Compiler.java
+++ b/src/com/google/javascript/jscomp/Compiler.java
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ <T> T runInCompilerThread(Callable<T> callable) {
   private void compileInternal() {
     setProgress(0.0, null);
     CompilerOptionsPreprocessor.preprocess(options);
-    read();
+    readInputs();
     // Guesstimate.
     setProgress(0.02, "read");
     parse();
@@ -934,10 +934,6 @@ private void instrumentForCoverage(boolean instrumentBranchCoverage) {
     stopTracer(tracer, "instrumentationPass");
   }
 
-  public void read() {
-    readInputs();
-  }
-
   public void parse() {
     parseInputs();
   }