diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_service.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_service.go
index 1e222fcaf62..5c303226830 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_service.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_service.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
 	internalApi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/api"
 	runtimeApi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/runtime"
@@ -145,8 +144,6 @@ type DockerService interface {
 // backward compatibility.
 type DockerLegacyService interface {
 	// Supporting legacy methods for docker.
-	GetContainerLogs(pod *api.Pod, containerID kubecontainer.ContainerID, logOptions *api.PodLogOptions, stdout, stderr io.Writer) (err error)
-
 	LegacyExec(containerID kubecontainer.ContainerID, cmd []string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan term.Size) error
 	LegacyAttach(id kubecontainer.ContainerID, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan term.Size) error
 	LegacyPortForward(sandboxID string, port uint16, stream io.ReadWriteCloser) error
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/legacy.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/legacy.go
index a3d14b4524e..683e3755310 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/legacy.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/legacy.go
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ package dockershim
 import (
 	"io"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockertools"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/term"
 )
 
@@ -34,14 +32,6 @@ func (ds *dockerService) LegacyAttach(id kubecontainer.ContainerID, stdin io.Rea
 	return ds.streamingRuntime.Attach(id.ID, stdin, stdout, stderr, resize)
 }
 
-func (ds *dockerService) GetContainerLogs(pod *api.Pod, containerID kubecontainer.ContainerID, logOptions *api.PodLogOptions, stdout, stderr io.Writer) (err error) {
-	container, err := ds.client.InspectContainer(containerID.ID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return dockertools.GetContainerLogs(ds.client, pod, containerID, logOptions, stdout, stderr, container.Config.Tty)
-}
-
 func (ds *dockerService) LegacyPortForward(sandboxID string, port uint16, stream io.ReadWriteCloser) error {
 	return ds.streamingRuntime.PortForward(sandboxID, int32(port), stream)
 }