diff --git a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
index 8d08fa7c43f..ff28d1a7d82 100644
--- a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
@@ -732,12 +732,6 @@ class SecurityGroupDbMixin(ext_sg.SecurityGroupPluginBase,
             for obj in rule_objs
         ]
 
-    @db_api.retry_if_session_inactive()
-    def get_security_group_rules_count(self, context, filters=None):
-        filters = filters or {}
-        return sg_obj.SecurityGroupRule.count(
-            context, validate_filters=False, **filters)
-
     @db_api.retry_if_session_inactive()
     def get_security_group_rule(self, context, id, fields=None):
         # NOTE(slaweq): use admin context here to be able to get all rules