diff --git a/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb.h b/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb.h
index 4baa25b58aa90cb61e16557af90eb20d16df6343..fabf3d4124b2dc7c4d6e792b3f82b5a4beb71f7e 100644
--- a/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb.h
+++ b/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb.h
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ class ha_tokudb : public handler {
     int alter_table_add_or_drop_column(TABLE *altered_table, Alter_inplace_info *ha_alter_info);
     void print_alter_info(TABLE *altered_table, Alter_inplace_info *ha_alter_info);
  public:
-    int create_handler_files(const char *name, const char *old_name, int action_flag, HA_CREATE_INFO *info);
 #endif
 #if TOKU_INCLUDE_ALTER_55
  public:
diff --git a/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb_alter_56.cc b/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb_alter_56.cc
index e3721a0c8bf903c3e33e7863e2c142e6c38da063..f40dac9f734df408ed2124c8e60a6e9408b946f3 100644
--- a/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb_alter_56.cc
+++ b/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb_alter_56.cc
@@ -547,19 +547,4 @@ ha_tokudb::commit_inplace_alter_table(TABLE *altered_table, Alter_inplace_info *
     DBUG_RETURN(result);
 }
 
-int
-ha_tokudb::create_handler_files(const char *name, const char *old_name, int action_flag, HA_CREATE_INFO *info) {
-    TOKUDB_DBUG_ENTER("create_handler_files");
-    int error = 0;
-    if (action_flag == CHF_CREATE_FLAG) {
-        THD *thd = ha_thd();
-        tokudb_trx_data *trx = (tokudb_trx_data *) thd_data_get(thd, tokudb_hton->slot);
-        if (trx && trx->stmt && share) {
-            int error = write_frm_data(share->status_block, trx->stmt, name);
-            assert(error == 0);
-        }
-    }
-    DBUG_RETURN(error);
-}
-
 #endif