diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper/helpers.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper/helpers.go
index 932e3ac6921..96accbd3f69 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper/helpers.go
@@ -140,35 +140,6 @@ func IsServiceIPSet(service *v1.Service) bool {
 	return service.Spec.ClusterIP != v1.ClusterIPNone && service.Spec.ClusterIP != ""
 }
 
-// LoadBalancerStatusEqual evaluates the given load balancers' ingress IP addresses
-// and hostnames and returns true if equal or false if otherwise
-// TODO: make method on LoadBalancerStatus?
-func LoadBalancerStatusEqual(l, r *v1.LoadBalancerStatus) bool {
-	return ingressSliceEqual(l.Ingress, r.Ingress)
-}
-
-func ingressSliceEqual(lhs, rhs []v1.LoadBalancerIngress) bool {
-	if len(lhs) != len(rhs) {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i := range lhs {
-		if !ingressEqual(&lhs[i], &rhs[i]) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-func ingressEqual(lhs, rhs *v1.LoadBalancerIngress) bool {
-	if lhs.IP != rhs.IP {
-		return false
-	}
-	if lhs.Hostname != rhs.Hostname {
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 // GetAccessModesAsString returns a string representation of an array of access modes.
 // modes, when present, are always in the same order: RWO,ROX,RWX,RWOP.
 func GetAccessModesAsString(modes []v1.PersistentVolumeAccessMode) string {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper/helpers_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper/helpers_test.go
index e691153e4e5..af9a4771fa9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper/helpers_test.go
@@ -723,86 +723,3 @@ func TestHugePageUnitSizeFromByteSize(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestLoadBalancerStatusEqual(t *testing.T) {
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		left      *v1.LoadBalancerStatus
-		right     *v1.LoadBalancerStatus
-		name      string
-		expectVal bool
-	}{{
-		name: "left equals right",
-		left: &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
-			Ingress: []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
-				IP:       "1.1.1.1",
-				Hostname: "host1",
-			}},
-		},
-		right: &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
-			Ingress: []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
-				IP:       "1.1.1.1",
-				Hostname: "host1",
-			}},
-		},
-		expectVal: true,
-	}, {
-		name: "length of LoadBalancerIngress slice is not equal",
-		left: &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
-			Ingress: []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
-				IP:       "1.1.1.1",
-				Hostname: "host1",
-			}, {
-				IP:       "1.1.1.2",
-				Hostname: "host1",
-			}},
-		},
-		right: &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
-			Ingress: []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
-				IP:       "1.1.1.1",
-				Hostname: "host1",
-			}},
-		},
-		expectVal: false,
-	}, {
-		name: "LoadBalancerIngress ip is not equal",
-		left: &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
-			Ingress: []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
-				IP:       "1.1.1.2",
-				Hostname: "host1",
-			}},
-		},
-		right: &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
-			Ingress: []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
-				IP:       "1.1.1.1",
-				Hostname: "host1",
-			}},
-		},
-		expectVal: false,
-	}, {
-		name: "LoadBalancerIngress hostname is not equal",
-		left: &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
-			Ingress: []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
-				IP:       "1.1.1.1",
-				Hostname: "host2",
-			}},
-		},
-		right: &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
-			Ingress: []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
-				IP:       "1.1.1.1",
-				Hostname: "host1",
-			}},
-		},
-		expectVal: false,
-	}}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			v := LoadBalancerStatusEqual(tc.left, tc.right)
-			if v != tc.expectVal {
-				t.Errorf("test %s failed. left input=%v, right input=%v, Got %v but expected %v",
-					tc.name, tc.left, tc.right, v, tc.expectVal)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}