diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/assignment/RackAwareTaskAssignor.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/assignment/RackAwareTaskAssignor.java
index b10b51f7f15b9..34c137ec1fb41 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/assignment/RackAwareTaskAssignor.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/assignment/RackAwareTaskAssignor.java
@@ -134,17 +134,7 @@ public synchronized boolean canEnableRackAwareAssignor() {
     }
 
     // Visible for testing. This method also checks if all TopicPartitions exist in cluster
-    public boolean populateTopicsToDescribe(final Set<String> topicsToDescribe,
-                                            final boolean changelog) {
-        return populateTopicsToDescribe(fullMetadata, changelogPartitionsForTask, partitionsForTask, changelog, topicsToDescribe, racksForPartition);
-    }
-
-    public static boolean populateTopicsToDescribe(final Cluster fullMetadata,
-                                                   final Map<TaskId, Set<TopicPartition>> changelogPartitionsForTask,
-                                                   final Map<TaskId, Set<TopicPartition>> partitionsForTask,
-                                                   final boolean changelog,
-                                                   final Set<String> topicsToDescribe,
-                                                   final Map<TopicPartition, Set<String>> racksForPartition) {
+    boolean populateTopicsToDescribe(final Set<String> topicsToDescribe, final boolean changelog) {
         if (changelog) {
             // Changelog topics are not in metadata, we need to describe them
             changelogPartitionsForTask.values().stream().flatMap(Collection::stream).forEach(tp -> topicsToDescribe.add(tp.topic()));
@@ -177,10 +167,6 @@ public static boolean populateTopicsToDescribe(final Cluster fullMetadata,
         return true;
     }
 
-    private boolean validateTopicPartitionRack(final boolean changelogTopics) {
-        return validateTopicPartitionRack(fullMetadata, internalTopicManager, changelogPartitionsForTask, partitionsForTask, changelogTopics, racksForPartition);
-    }
-
     /**
      * This function populates the {@param racksForPartition} parameter passed into the function by using both
      * the {@code Cluster} metadata as well as the {@param internalTopicManager} for topics that have stale
@@ -188,15 +174,10 @@ private boolean validateTopicPartitionRack(final boolean changelogTopics) {
      *
      * @return whether the operation successfully completed and the rack information is valid.
      */
-    public static boolean validateTopicPartitionRack(final Cluster fullMetadata,
-                                                     final InternalTopicManager internalTopicManager,
-                                                     final Map<TaskId, Set<TopicPartition>> changelogPartitionsForTask,
-                                                     final Map<TaskId, Set<TopicPartition>> partitionsForTask,
-                                                     final boolean changelogTopics,
-                                                     final Map<TopicPartition, Set<String>> racksForPartition) {
+    private boolean validateTopicPartitionRack(final boolean changelogTopics) {
         // Make sure rackId exist for all TopicPartitions needed
         final Set<String> topicsToDescribe = new HashSet<>();
-        if (!populateTopicsToDescribe(fullMetadata, changelogPartitionsForTask, partitionsForTask, changelogTopics, topicsToDescribe, racksForPartition)) {
+        if (!populateTopicsToDescribe(topicsToDescribe, changelogTopics)) {
             return false;
         }