diff --git a/agent/structs/acl_legacy.go b/agent/structs/acl_legacy.go
index 3d5c23b36..2572c203e 100644
--- a/agent/structs/acl_legacy.go
+++ b/agent/structs/acl_legacy.go
@@ -106,21 +106,6 @@ func (tok *ACLToken) Convert() (*ACL, error) {
 	return compat, nil
 }
 
-// IsSame checks if one ACL is the same as another, without looking
-// at the Raft information (that's why we didn't call it IsEqual). This is
-// useful for seeing if an update would be idempotent for all the functional
-// parts of the structure.
-func (a *ACL) IsSame(other *ACL) bool {
-	if a.ID != other.ID ||
-		a.Name != other.Name ||
-		a.Type != other.Type ||
-		a.Rules != other.Rules {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
-
 // ACLRequest is used to create, update or delete an ACL
 type ACLRequest struct {
 	Datacenter string
diff --git a/agent/structs/acl_legacy_test.go b/agent/structs/acl_legacy_test.go
index a17b7c753..18cd479ec 100644
--- a/agent/structs/acl_legacy_test.go
+++ b/agent/structs/acl_legacy_test.go
@@ -6,53 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestStructs_ACL_IsSame(t *testing.T) {
-	acl := &ACL{
-		ID:    "guid",
-		Name:  "An ACL for testing",
-		Type:  "client",
-		Rules: "service \"\" { policy = \"read\" }",
-	}
-	if !acl.IsSame(acl) {
-		t.Fatalf("should be equal to itself")
-	}
-
-	other := &ACL{
-		ID:    "guid",
-		Name:  "An ACL for testing",
-		Type:  "client",
-		Rules: "service \"\" { policy = \"read\" }",
-		RaftIndex: RaftIndex{
-			CreateIndex: 1,
-			ModifyIndex: 2,
-		},
-	}
-	if !acl.IsSame(other) || !other.IsSame(acl) {
-		t.Fatalf("should not care about Raft fields")
-	}
-
-	check := func(twiddle, restore func()) {
-		if !acl.IsSame(other) || !other.IsSame(acl) {
-			t.Fatalf("should be the same")
-		}
-
-		twiddle()
-		if acl.IsSame(other) || other.IsSame(acl) {
-			t.Fatalf("should not be the same")
-		}
-
-		restore()
-		if !acl.IsSame(other) || !other.IsSame(acl) {
-			t.Fatalf("should be the same")
-		}
-	}
-
-	check(func() { other.ID = "nope" }, func() { other.ID = "guid" })
-	check(func() { other.Name = "nope" }, func() { other.Name = "An ACL for testing" })
-	check(func() { other.Type = "management" }, func() { other.Type = "client" })
-	check(func() { other.Rules = "" }, func() { other.Rules = "service \"\" { policy = \"read\" }" })
-}
-
 func TestStructs_ACL_Convert(t *testing.T) {
 
 	acl := &ACL{