diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
index 55c4ce11c2f..6f716314647 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
@@ -370,9 +370,6 @@ def _get_localName(self):
         except AttributeError:
             return self.nodeName.split(":", 1)[-1]
 
-    def _get_name(self):
-        return self.name
-
     def _get_specified(self):
         return self.specified