diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/ceeload.cpp b/src/coreclr/vm/ceeload.cpp
index 088ee89a07f56c..2f0bc91514a4f3 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/ceeload.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/ceeload.cpp
@@ -472,11 +472,6 @@ void Module::Initialize(AllocMemTracker *pamTracker, LPCWSTR szName)
     m_dwExportedTypeCount = 0;
     m_dwCustomAttributeCount = 0;
 
-    if (m_AssemblyRefByNameTable == NULL)
-    {
-        Module::CreateAssemblyRefByNameTable(pamTracker);
-    }
-
 #if defined(PROFILING_SUPPORTED) && !defined(DACCESS_COMPILE)
     m_pJitInlinerTrackingMap = NULL;
     if (ReJitManager::IsReJITInlineTrackingEnabled())
@@ -4873,59 +4868,6 @@ class CheckAsmOffsets
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#ifndef DACCESS_COMPILE
-
-void Module::CreateAssemblyRefByNameTable(AllocMemTracker *pamTracker)
-{
-    CONTRACTL
-    {
-        THROWS;
-        GC_NOTRIGGER;
-        INJECT_FAULT(COMPlusThrowOM(););
-    }
-    CONTRACTL_END
-
-    LoaderHeap *        pHeap       = GetLoaderAllocator()->GetLowFrequencyHeap();
-    IMDInternalImport * pImport     = GetMDImport();
-
-    DWORD               dwMaxRid    = pImport->GetCountWithTokenKind(mdtAssemblyRef);
-    if (dwMaxRid == 0)
-        return;
-
-    S_SIZE_T            dwAllocSize = S_SIZE_T(sizeof(LPWSTR)) * S_SIZE_T(dwMaxRid);
-    m_AssemblyRefByNameTable = (LPCSTR *) pamTracker->Track( pHeap->AllocMem(dwAllocSize) );
-
-    DWORD dwCount = 0;
-    for (DWORD rid=1; rid <= dwMaxRid; rid++)
-    {
-        mdAssemblyRef mdToken = TokenFromRid(rid,mdtAssemblyRef);
-        LPCSTR        szName;
-        HRESULT       hr;
-
-        hr = pImport->GetAssemblyRefProps(mdToken, NULL, NULL, &szName, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-
-        if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
-        {
-            m_AssemblyRefByNameTable[dwCount++] = szName;
-        }
-    }
-    m_AssemblyRefByNameCount = dwCount;
-}
-
-bool Module::HasReferenceByName(LPCUTF8 pModuleName)
-{
-    LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;
-
-    for (DWORD i=0; i < m_AssemblyRefByNameCount; i++)
-    {
-        if (0 == strcmp(pModuleName, m_AssemblyRefByNameTable[i]))
-            return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifdef DACCESS_COMPILE
 void DECLSPEC_NORETURN ModuleBase::ThrowTypeLoadExceptionImpl(IMDInternalImport *pInternalImport,
                                                       mdToken token,
diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/ceeload.h b/src/coreclr/vm/ceeload.h
index 36cb346cb0ec35..7a95a1d83fa248 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/ceeload.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/ceeload.h
@@ -1319,9 +1319,6 @@ class Module : public ModuleBase
 
     mdAssemblyRef FindAssemblyRef(Assembly *targetAssembly);
 
-    void          CreateAssemblyRefByNameTable(AllocMemTracker *pamTracker);
-    bool          HasReferenceByName(LPCUTF8 pModuleName);
-
 #endif // !DACCESS_COMPILE
 
     DWORD GetAssemblyRefMax() {LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;  return m_ManifestModuleReferencesMap.GetSize() - 1; }
@@ -1588,10 +1585,6 @@ class Module : public ModuleBase
     PTR_JITInlineTrackingMap m_pJitInlinerTrackingMap;
 #endif // defined(PROFILING_SUPPORTED) || defined(PROFILING_SUPPORTED_DATA)
 
-
-    LPCSTR               *m_AssemblyRefByNameTable;  // array that maps mdAssemblyRef tokens into their simple name
-    DWORD                 m_AssemblyRefByNameCount;  // array size
-
     // a.dll calls a method in b.dll and that method call a method in c.dll. When ngening
     // a.dll it is possible then method in b.dll can be inlined. When that happens a.ni.dll stores
     // an added native metadata which has information about assemblyRef to c.dll