diff --git a/bazel/PPROF.md b/bazel/PPROF.md
index 8345eedb9fce2..443665785ae26 100644
--- a/bazel/PPROF.md
+++ b/bazel/PPROF.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ specific place yourself.
 
 Static linking is already available (because of a `HeapProfilerDump()` call
 inside
-[`Envoy::Profiler::Heap::forceLink()`](https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/blob/master/source/common/profiler/profiler.cc#L21-L26)).
+[`Envoy::Profiler::Heap::stopProfiler())`](https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/blob/master/source/common/profiler/profiler.cc#L32-L39)).
 
 ### Compiling a statically-linked Envoy
 
diff --git a/source/common/profiler/profiler.cc b/source/common/profiler/profiler.cc
index 74fb9478cba35..b3ef32ca832ba 100644
--- a/source/common/profiler/profiler.cc
+++ b/source/common/profiler/profiler.cc
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ bool Heap::stopProfiler() {
   return true;
 }
 
-void Heap::forceLink() {
-  // Currently this is here to force the inclusion of the heap profiler during static linking.
-  // Without this call the heap profiler will not be included and cannot be started via env
-  // variable. In the future we can add admin support.
-  HeapProfilerDump("");
-}
-
 } // namespace Profiler
 } // namespace Envoy
 
diff --git a/source/common/profiler/profiler.h b/source/common/profiler/profiler.h
index d61ff851058cf..fdf4b20ee8f96 100644
--- a/source/common/profiler/profiler.h
+++ b/source/common/profiler/profiler.h
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ class Heap {
    * @return bool whether the file is dumped
    */
   static bool stopProfiler();
-
-private:
-  static void forceLink();
 };
 
 } // namespace Profiler