diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.C b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.C
index 6e7349d6fa..b0b96c5b19 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.C
@@ -562,19 +562,6 @@ void Foam::HashTable<T, Key, Hash>::clearStorage()
 }
 
 
-template<class T, class Key, class Hash>
-void Foam::HashTable<T, Key, Hash>::shrink()
-{
-    const label newSize = HashTableCore::canonicalSize(nElmts_);
-
-    if (newSize < tableSize_)
-    {
-        // Avoid having the table disappear on us
-        resize(newSize ? newSize : 2);
-    }
-}
-
-
 template<class T, class Key, class Hash>
 void Foam::HashTable<T, Key, Hash>::transfer(HashTable<T, Key, Hash>& ht)
 {
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.H b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.H
index 26a7460ee5..bd60050ee4 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.H
@@ -373,9 +373,6 @@ public:
         //  Equivalent to clear() followed by resize(0)
         void clearStorage();
 
-        //- Shrink the allocated table to approx. twice number of elements
-        void shrink();
-
         //- Transfer the contents of the argument table into this table
         //  and annul the argument table.
         void transfer(HashTable<T, Key, Hash>& ht);