diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
index 7fad500f55..a3cdf02f6f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
@@ -1271,6 +1271,3 @@ func (clh *cloudHypervisor) vmInfo() (chclient.VmInfo, error) {
 func (clh *cloudHypervisor) IsRateLimiterBuiltin() bool {
 	return false
 }
-
-func (clh *cloudHypervisor) setSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox) {
-}
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/fc.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/fc.go
index fa4e56ffab..c6dffb337e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/fc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/fc.go
@@ -1274,6 +1274,3 @@ func revertBytes(num uint64) uint64 {
 	}
 	return 1024*revertBytes(a) + b
 }
-
-func (fc *firecracker) setSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox) {
-}
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
index 06a0385c93..715b4793c5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
@@ -945,6 +945,4 @@ type Hypervisor interface {
 
 	// check if hypervisor supports built-in rate limiter.
 	IsRateLimiterBuiltin() bool
-
-	setSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox)
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
index dc4b11ad67..111707fd9e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
@@ -149,6 +149,3 @@ func (m *mockHypervisor) GenerateSocket(id string) (interface{}, error) {
 func (m *mockHypervisor) IsRateLimiterBuiltin() bool {
 	return false
 }
-
-func (m *mockHypervisor) setSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox) {
-}
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index d0b3bd5c5f..9b78fb24ee 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -2541,6 +2541,3 @@ func (q *qemu) GenerateSocket(id string) (interface{}, error) {
 func (q *qemu) IsRateLimiterBuiltin() bool {
 	return false
 }
-
-func (q *qemu) setSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox) {
-}
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
index 207ba1d810..6f3956216f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
@@ -525,8 +525,6 @@ func newSandbox(ctx context.Context, sandboxConfig SandboxConfig, factory Factor
 		swapDevices:     []*config.BlockDrive{},
 	}
 
-	hypervisor.setSandbox(s)
-
 	if s.store, err = persist.GetDriver(); err != nil || s.store == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get fs persist driver: %v", err)
 	}