diff --git a/src/inspector/main_thread_interface.cc b/src/inspector/main_thread_interface.cc
index 25a82864c1ee3a..c58ea4cb4108be 100644
--- a/src/inspector/main_thread_interface.cc
+++ b/src/inspector/main_thread_interface.cc
@@ -96,13 +96,6 @@ class DispatchMessagesTask : public v8::Task {
   MainThreadInterface* thread_;
 };
 
-void DisposePairCallback(uv_handle_t* ref) {
-  using AsyncAndInterface = std::pair<uv_async_t, MainThreadInterface*>;
-  AsyncAndInterface* pair = node::ContainerOf(
-      &AsyncAndInterface::first, reinterpret_cast<uv_async_t*>(ref));
-  delete pair;
-}
-
 template <typename T>
 class AnotherThreadObjectReference {
  public:
@@ -231,18 +224,6 @@ MainThreadInterface::~MainThreadInterface() {
     handle_->Reset();
 }
 
-// static
-void MainThreadInterface::DispatchMessagesAsyncCallback(uv_async_t* async) {
-  AsyncAndInterface* asyncAndInterface =
-      node::ContainerOf(&AsyncAndInterface::first, async);
-  asyncAndInterface->second->DispatchMessages();
-}
-
-// static
-void MainThreadInterface::CloseAsync(AsyncAndInterface* pair) {
-  uv_close(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(&pair->first), DisposePairCallback);
-}
-
 void MainThreadInterface::Post(std::unique_ptr<Request> request) {
   Mutex::ScopedLock scoped_lock(requests_lock_);
   bool needs_notify = requests_.empty();
diff --git a/src/inspector/main_thread_interface.h b/src/inspector/main_thread_interface.h
index 1c644144cca991..e3f2a7fb1637ee 100644
--- a/src/inspector/main_thread_interface.h
+++ b/src/inspector/main_thread_interface.h
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ class MainThreadInterface {
   void RemoveObject(int handle);
 
  private:
-  using AsyncAndInterface = std::pair<uv_async_t, MainThreadInterface*>;
-
-  static void DispatchMessagesAsyncCallback(uv_async_t* async);
-  static void CloseAsync(AsyncAndInterface*);
-
   MessageQueue requests_;
   Mutex requests_lock_;   // requests_ live across threads
   // This queue is to maintain the order of the messages for the cases