diff --git a/ethdb/memory_database.go b/ethdb/memory_database.go
index 65c4879347..a2ee2f2ccd 100644
--- a/ethdb/memory_database.go
+++ b/ethdb/memory_database.go
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ func (db *MemDatabase) Put(key []byte, value []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (db *MemDatabase) Set(key []byte, value []byte) {
-	db.lock.Lock()
-	defer db.lock.Unlock()
-
-	db.Put(key, value)
-}
-
 func (db *MemDatabase) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	db.lock.RLock()
 	defer db.lock.RUnlock()