diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/AbstractChannelBuffer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/AbstractChannelBuffer.java
index cdd118aa65..0b7a0fbab6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/AbstractChannelBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/AbstractChannelBuffer.java
@@ -205,10 +205,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannelBuffer implements ChannelBuffer {
         return v;
     }
 
-    public ChannelBuffer readBytes() {
-        return readBytes(readableBytes());
-    }
-
     public ChannelBuffer readBytes(int length) {
         checkReadableBytes(length);
         if (length == 0) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffer.java
index d5355ecf4a..69b5907fbe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffer.java
@@ -602,7 +602,6 @@ public interface ChannelBuffer extends Comparable<ChannelBuffer> {
     int   readInt();
     long  readLong();
 
-    ChannelBuffer readBytes();
     ChannelBuffer readBytes(int length);
     ChannelBuffer readBytes(ChannelBufferIndexFinder endIndexFinder);
     void readBytes(ChannelBuffer dst);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/replay/ReplayingDecoderBuffer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/replay/ReplayingDecoderBuffer.java
index 8b4e5f58c1..2548d68ea1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/replay/ReplayingDecoderBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/replay/ReplayingDecoderBuffer.java
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ class ReplayingDecoderBuffer implements ChannelBuffer {
         return buffer.readByte();
     }
 
-    public ChannelBuffer readBytes() {
-        reject();
-        return null;
-    }
-
     public void readBytes(byte[] dst, int dstIndex, int length) {
         checkReadableBytes(length);
         buffer.readBytes(dst, dstIndex, length);