diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/KeyValue.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/KeyValue.java
index 75e0a0659303..36ac88996ce3 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/KeyValue.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/KeyValue.java
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ public static RowType schema(RowType keyType, RowType valueType) {
         return new RowType(createKeyValueFields(keyType.getFields(), valueType.getFields()));
     }
 
-    public static RowType schema(RowType valueType) {
-        return schema(RowType.of(), valueType);
-    }
-
     public static RowType schemaWithLevel(RowType keyType, RowType valueType) {
         List<DataField> fields = new ArrayList<>(schema(keyType, valueType).getFields());
         fields.add(LEVEL);