diff --git a/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php b/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php
index 6e611d57c61..a132fb6f76f 100644
--- a/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php
+++ b/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php
@@ -3834,10 +3834,6 @@ abstract class Database implements IDatabase, IMaintainableDatabase, LoggerAware
 		return $this->replicationReporter->getTopologyBasedServerId( $this );
 	}
 
-	protected function getApproximateLagStatus() {
-		return $this->replicationReporter->getApproximateLagStatus( $this );
-	}
-
 	public function getLag() {
 		return $this->replicationReporter->getLag( $this );
 	}
diff --git a/includes/libs/rdbms/database/replication/ReplicationReporter.php b/includes/libs/rdbms/database/replication/ReplicationReporter.php
index 8d141e37bd6..43e8f484b88 100644
--- a/includes/libs/rdbms/database/replication/ReplicationReporter.php
+++ b/includes/libs/rdbms/database/replication/ReplicationReporter.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ReplicationReporter {
 	 * @return array ('lag': seconds or false on error, 'since': UNIX timestamp of estimate)
 	 * @since 1.27 in Database, moved to ReplicationReporter in 1.40
 	 */
-	public function getApproximateLagStatus( IDatabase $conn ) {
+	protected function getApproximateLagStatus( IDatabase $conn ) {
 		if ( $this->topologyRole === IDatabase::ROLE_STREAMING_REPLICA ) {
 			// Avoid exceptions as this is used internally in critical sections
 			try {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/utils/BatchRowUpdateTest.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/utils/BatchRowUpdateTest.php
index 01af517521e..f94fe3ec4e4 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/utils/BatchRowUpdateTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/utils/BatchRowUpdateTest.php
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class BatchRowUpdateTest extends MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase {
 		// FIXME: the constructor normally sets mAtomicLevels and mSrvCache, and platform
 		$databaseMysql = $this->getMockBuilder( Wikimedia\Rdbms\DatabaseMysqli::class )
 			->disableOriginalConstructor()
-			->onlyMethods( array_merge( [ 'isOpen', 'getApproximateLagStatus' ], $methods ) )
+			->onlyMethods( array_merge( [ 'isOpen' ], $methods ) )
 			->getMock();
 
 		$reflection = new ReflectionClass( $databaseMysql );
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ class BatchRowUpdateTest extends MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase {
 
 		$databaseMysql->method( 'isOpen' )
 			->willReturn( true );
-		$databaseMysql->method( 'getApproximateLagStatus' )
-			->willReturn( [ 'lag' => 0, 'since' => 0 ] );
 		return $databaseMysql;
 	}
 }