diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 920c255d7..9ae753447 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -272,10 +272,6 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
-  def local_only?
-    local_only
-  end
-
   def marked_local_only?
     # match both with and without U+FE0F (the emoji variation selector)
     /👁\ufe0f?\z/.match?(content)