diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/MirrorMaker.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/MirrorMaker.scala
index f03623a2098..fb3762cf840 100755
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/MirrorMaker.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/MirrorMaker.scala
@@ -639,15 +639,10 @@ object MirrorMaker extends Logging with KafkaMetricsGroup {
    * If message.handler.args is specified. A constructor that takes in a String as argument must exist.
    */
   trait MirrorMakerMessageHandler {
-    def handle(record: MessageAndMetadata[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]]): util.List[ProducerRecord[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]]]
     def handle(record: BaseConsumerRecord): util.List[ProducerRecord[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]]]
   }
 
   private object defaultMirrorMakerMessageHandler extends MirrorMakerMessageHandler {
-    override def handle(record: MessageAndMetadata[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]]): util.List[ProducerRecord[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]]] = {
-      Collections.singletonList(new ProducerRecord[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]](record.topic, record.key(), record.message()))
-    }
-
     override def handle(record: BaseConsumerRecord): util.List[ProducerRecord[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]]] = {
       Collections.singletonList(new ProducerRecord[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]](record.topic, record.key, record.value))
     }
diff --git a/docs/upgrade.html b/docs/upgrade.html
index d8a77194f96..b5aea1ed403 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade.html
+++ b/docs/upgrade.html
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 <ul>
     <li> The new broker id generation feature can be disable by setting broker.id.generation.enable to false. </li>
     <li> Configuration parameter log.cleaner.enable is now true by default. This means topics with a cleanup.policy=compact will now be compacted by default, and 128 MB of heap will be allocated to the cleaner process via log.cleaner.dedupe.buffer.size. You may want to review log.cleaner.dedupe.buffer.size and the other log.cleaner configuration values based on your usage of compacted topics. </li>
+    <li> MirrorMakerMessageHandler no longer exposes <em>handle(record: MessageAndMetadata[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]])</em> method as it was never called. </li>
 </ul>
 
 <h5>Deprecations in 0.9.0.0</h5>