diff --git a/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/common/MetadataVersion.java b/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/common/MetadataVersion.java
index b97a137d3ce..310a9242b23 100644
--- a/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/common/MetadataVersion.java
+++ b/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/common/MetadataVersion.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public enum MetadataVersion {
     // LATEST_STABLE_METADATA_VERSION version in tests/kafkatest/version.py
 
     /**
-     * An array containing all of the MetadataVersion entries.
+     * An array containing all the MetadataVersion entries.
      *
      * This is essentially a cached copy of MetadataVersion.values. Unlike that function, it doesn't
      * allocate a new array each time.
@@ -169,10 +169,6 @@ public enum MetadataVersion {
     private final String ibpVersion;
     private final boolean didMetadataChange;
 
-    MetadataVersion(int featureLevel, String release, String subVersion) {
-        this(featureLevel, release, subVersion, true);
-    }
-
     MetadataVersion(int featureLevel, String release, String subVersion, boolean didMetadataChange) {
         this.featureLevel = (short) featureLevel;
         this.release = release;
@@ -200,10 +196,6 @@ public enum MetadataVersion {
         return this.isAtLeast(IBP_3_3_IV1);
     }
 
-    public boolean isApiForwardingEnabled() {
-        return this.isAtLeast(IBP_3_4_IV0);
-    }
-
     public boolean isScramSupported() {
         return this.isAtLeast(IBP_3_5_IV2);
     }