diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
index 21ac22afd6..951a6b6fb2 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/AbstractChannel.java
@@ -133,11 +133,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannel extends DefaultAttributeMap implements Cha
         });
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isWritable() {
-        return pipeline.isWritable();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public final Integer id() {
         return id;
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java
index c2a968dd91..4f22560a06 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ public interface Channel extends AttributeMap, ChannelOutboundInvoker, ChannelPr
      */
     boolean isActive();
 
-    /**
-     * Return {@code true} if the outbound buffer of the {@link Channel} is writable.
-     */
-    boolean isWritable();
-
     /**
      * Return the {@link ChannelMetadata} of the {@link Channel} which describe the nature of the {@link Channel}.
      */
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandlerContext.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandlerContext.java
index a6a327d6b1..d9a42f4a3d 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandlerContext.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelHandlerContext.java
@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ public interface ChannelHandlerContext
          extends AttributeMap, ChannelPropertyAccess,
                  ChannelInboundInvoker, ChannelOutboundInvoker {
 
-    /**
-     * Return {@link true} if the {@link ChannelHandlerContext} is writable, which means if the outbound buffer of
-     * the next in the {@link ChannelPipeline} is writable.
-     */
-    boolean isWritable();
-
     /**
      * Return the {@link Channel} which is bound to the {@link ChannelHandlerContext}.
      */
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelPipeline.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelPipeline.java
index 4593327784..d036c57458 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelPipeline.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelPipeline.java
@@ -732,11 +732,6 @@ public interface ChannelPipeline extends ChannelInboundInvoker, ChannelOutboundI
      */
     Map<String, ChannelHandler> toMap();
 
-    /**
-     * Return {@code true} if the outbound buffer is writable.
-     */
-    boolean isWritable();
-
     @Override
     ChannelPipeline fireChannelRegistered();
 
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
index 86ae980bbd..4a50f8b3e2 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java
@@ -1550,21 +1550,6 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
         return channel().newFailedFuture(cause);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isWritable() {
-        DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx = prev;
-        for (;;) {
-            if (ctx.hasOutboundByteBuffer()) {
-                return ctx.isWritable();
-            }
-
-            if (ctx.hasOutboundMessageBuffer()) {
-                return ctx.isWritable();
-            }
-            ctx = ctx.prev;
-        }
-    }
-
     private void validateFuture(ChannelFuture future) {
         if (future == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("future");
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
index 01068f53b3..986706e3d7 100755
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelPipeline.java
@@ -1358,9 +1358,4 @@ final class DefaultChannelPipeline implements ChannelPipeline {
     public Iterator<Map.Entry<String, ChannelHandler>> iterator() {
         return toMap().entrySet().iterator();
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isWritable() {
-        return tail.isWritable();
-    }
 }