diff --git a/letsencrypt-nginx/letsencrypt_nginx/nginxparser.py b/letsencrypt-nginx/letsencrypt_nginx/nginxparser.py
index c9a24aabe10..cef0756d755 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-nginx/letsencrypt_nginx/nginxparser.py
+++ b/letsencrypt-nginx/letsencrypt_nginx/nginxparser.py
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ def __str__(self):
         """Return the parsed block as a string."""
         return '\n'.join(self) + '\n'
 
-    def as_string(self):
-        """Return the parsed block as a string."""
-        return str(self)
-
 
 # Shortcut functions to respect Python's serialization interface
 # (like pyyaml, picker or json)