diff --git a/graph/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graph/impl/EdgePartition.scala b/graph/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graph/impl/EdgePartition.scala
index 3430ffdfc4..e97522feae 100644
--- a/graph/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graph/impl/EdgePartition.scala
+++ b/graph/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graph/impl/EdgePartition.scala
@@ -56,16 +56,6 @@ class EdgePartition[@specialized(Char, Int, Boolean, Byte, Long, Float, Double)
     new EdgePartition(srcIds, dstIds, newData, index)
   }
 
-  def filter(pred: Edge[ED] => Boolean): EdgePartition[ED] = {
-    val builder = new EdgePartitionBuilder[ED]
-    iterator.foreach { e =>
-      if (pred(e)) {
-        builder.add(e.srcId, e.dstId, e.attr)
-      }
-    }
-    builder.toEdgePartition
-  }
-
   /**
    * Apply the function f to all edges in this partition.
    *
diff --git a/graph/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graph/impl/EdgePartitionSuite.scala b/graph/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graph/impl/EdgePartitionSuite.scala
index 2991533e89..a52a5653e2 100644
--- a/graph/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graph/impl/EdgePartitionSuite.scala
+++ b/graph/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graph/impl/EdgePartitionSuite.scala
@@ -31,17 +31,6 @@ class EdgePartitionSuite extends FunSuite {
       edges.map(e => e.copy(attr = e.srcId + e.dstId)))
   }
 
-  test("filter") {
-    val edges = List(Edge(0, 1, 0), Edge(1, 2, 0), Edge(2, 0, 0))
-    val builder = new EdgePartitionBuilder[Int]
-    for (e <- edges) {
-      builder.add(e.srcId, e.dstId, e.attr)
-    }
-    val edgePartition = builder.toEdgePartition
-    assert(edgePartition.filter(e => e.srcId <= 1).iterator.map(_.copy()).toList ===
-      edges.filter(e => e.srcId <= 1))
-  }
-
   test("groupEdges") {
     val edges = List(
       Edge(0, 1, 1), Edge(1, 2, 2), Edge(2, 0, 4), Edge(0, 1, 8), Edge(1, 2, 16), Edge(2, 0, 32))