diff --git a/ci/filter_example_setup.sh b/ci/filter_example_setup.sh
index 5ef74fa491195..ca6e2b65c063e 100644
--- a/ci/filter_example_setup.sh
+++ b/ci/filter_example_setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # This is the hash on https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy-filter-example.git we pin to.
-ENVOY_FILTER_EXAMPLE_GITSHA="ac6a66a4a1c08138ccc03c23aafc9637b2df55a1"
+ENVOY_FILTER_EXAMPLE_GITSHA="85b7e0ed452f0987b480feb9cfe46abc914aca67"
 ENVOY_FILTER_EXAMPLE_SRCDIR="${BUILD_DIR}/envoy-filter-example"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
diff --git a/test/config/utility.cc b/test/config/utility.cc
index 4cbe9cdf3a4f9..ae217cc0a3102 100644
--- a/test/config/utility.cc
+++ b/test/config/utility.cc
@@ -1040,8 +1040,6 @@ void ConfigHelper::addVirtualHost(const envoy::config::route::v3::VirtualHost& v
   storeHttpConnectionManager(hcm_config);
 }
 
-void ConfigHelper::addFilter(const std::string& config) { prependFilter(config); }
-
 void ConfigHelper::prependFilter(const std::string& config) {
   RELEASE_ASSERT(!finalized_, "");
   envoy::extensions::filters::network::http_connection_manager::v3::HttpConnectionManager
diff --git a/test/config/utility.h b/test/config/utility.h
index 501d08f0e969a..0a5c13d7fe028 100644
--- a/test/config/utility.h
+++ b/test/config/utility.h
@@ -215,10 +215,6 @@ class ConfigHelper {
   // Add an HTTP filter prior to existing filters.
   void prependFilter(const std::string& filter_yaml);
 
-  // Add an HTTP filter prior to existing filters.
-  // TODO(rgs1): remove once envoy-filter-example has been updated.
-  void addFilter(const std::string& filter_yaml);
-
   // Add a network filter prior to existing filters.
   void addNetworkFilter(const std::string& filter_yaml);