diff --git a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/component.py b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/component.py
index 42770acd75dd..68c420a92920 100644
--- a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/component.py
+++ b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/component.py
@@ -55,22 +55,6 @@ def __init__(self, component_index=0):
         self.index = component_index
         self.name = self.get_name()
 
-    def __run_command(self, command):
-        # Run bash command and print output to stdout
-        try:
-            process = subprocess.Popen(
-                shlex.split(command), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-            while True:
-                output = process.stdout.readline()
-                if output == '' and process.poll() is not None:
-                    break
-            rc = process.poll()
-            if rc != 0:
-                return False
-        except Exception:
-            return False
-        return True
-
     def __get_bios_version(self):
         # Retrieves the BIOS firmware version
         try:
diff --git a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/helper.py b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/helper.py
index 66f50fece554..e89d054d21ec 100644
--- a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/helper.py
+++ b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/helper.py
@@ -34,19 +34,6 @@ def pci_get_value(self, resource, offset):
             status = False
         return status, result
 
-    def run_command(self, cmd):
-        status = True
-        result = ""
-        try:
-            p = subprocess.Popen(
-                cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-            raw_data, err = p.communicate()
-            if err == '':
-                result = raw_data.strip()
-        except Exception:
-            status = False
-        return status, result
-
     def run_interactive_command(self, cmd):
         try:
             os.system(cmd)