diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
index a54094433fd..0ef0e12f128 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.context.PackageContext;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.state.JetTypeMapper;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.descriptors.serialization.descriptors.DeserializedCallableMemberDescriptor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.*;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.annotations.Annotations;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.impl.SimpleFunctionDescriptorImpl;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.impl.TypeParameterDescriptorImpl;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.JetFile;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.codeFragmentUtil.CodeFragmentUtilPackage;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.DescriptorToSourceUtils;
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.types.lang.KotlinBuiltIns;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.Modality.ABSTRACT;
@@ -77,28 +73,6 @@ public class JvmCodegenUtil {
         return isInterface(type.getConstructor().getDeclarationDescriptor());
     }
 
-    public static SimpleFunctionDescriptor createInvoke(FunctionDescriptor fd) {
-        int arity = fd.getValueParameters().size();
-        SimpleFunctionDescriptorImpl invokeDescriptor = SimpleFunctionDescriptorImpl.create(
-                fd.getExpectedThisObject() != null
-                ? KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().getExtensionFunction(arity) : KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().getFunction(arity),
-                Annotations.EMPTY,
-                Name.identifier("invoke"),
-                CallableMemberDescriptor.Kind.DECLARATION,
-                SourceElement.NO_SOURCE
-        );
-
-        invokeDescriptor.initialize(DescriptorUtils.getReceiverParameterType(fd.getReceiverParameter()),
-                                    fd.getExpectedThisObject(),
-                                    Collections.<TypeParameterDescriptorImpl>emptyList(),
-                                    fd.getValueParameters(),
-                                    fd.getReturnType(),
-                                    Modality.FINAL,
-                                    Visibilities.PUBLIC
-        );
-        return invokeDescriptor;
-    }
-
     public static boolean isConst(@NotNull CalculatedClosure closure) {
         return closure.getCaptureThis() == null && closure.getCaptureReceiverType() == null && closure.getCaptureVariables().isEmpty();
     }