diff --git a/src/codegen/codegen_neuron_cpp_visitor.cpp b/src/codegen/codegen_neuron_cpp_visitor.cpp
index d772a5700..a22a82a66 100644
--- a/src/codegen/codegen_neuron_cpp_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen/codegen_neuron_cpp_visitor.cpp
@@ -2646,11 +2646,6 @@ CodegenCppVisitor::ParamVector CodegenNeuronCppVisitor::cvode_update_parameters(
 }
 
 
-std::string CodegenNeuronCppVisitor::method_name(const std::string& name) {
-    return fmt::format("{}_{}", name, info.mod_suffix);
-}
-
-
 /* print the function returning the # of ODEs to solve */
 void CodegenNeuronCppVisitor::print_cvode_count() {
     printer->fmt_push_block("static constexpr int {}(int _type)",
diff --git a/src/codegen/codegen_neuron_cpp_visitor.hpp b/src/codegen/codegen_neuron_cpp_visitor.hpp
index 5619cf971..a4984b4ff 100644
--- a/src/codegen/codegen_neuron_cpp_visitor.hpp
+++ b/src/codegen/codegen_neuron_cpp_visitor.hpp
@@ -792,8 +792,6 @@ class CodegenNeuronCppVisitor: public CodegenCppVisitor {
 
     void print_cvode_setup(const std::string& setup_name, const std::string& update_name);
 
-    std::string method_name(const std::string& name);
-
 
     /****************************************************************************************/
     /*                            Overloaded visitor routines                               */