diff --git a/spec/tokenized-buffer-spec.js b/spec/tokenized-buffer-spec.js
index 55db55fe9..c0bd29b50 100644
--- a/spec/tokenized-buffer-spec.js
+++ b/spec/tokenized-buffer-spec.js
@@ -443,91 +443,6 @@ describe('TokenizedBuffer', () => {
     })
   })
 
-  describe('.indentLevelForRow(row)', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      buffer = atom.project.bufferForPathSync('sample.js')
-      tokenizedBuffer = new TokenizedBuffer({buffer, grammar: atom.grammars.grammarForScopeName('source.js'), tabLength: 2})
-      fullyTokenize(tokenizedBuffer)
-    })
-
-    describe('when the line is non-empty', () => {
-      it('has an indent level based on the leading whitespace on the line', () => {
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(0)).toBe(0)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(1)).toBe(1)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(2)).toBe(2)
-        buffer.insert([2, 0], ' ')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(2)).toBe(2.5)
-      })
-    })
-
-    describe('when the line is empty', () => {
-      it('assumes the indentation level of the first non-empty line below or above if one exists', () => {
-        buffer.insert([12, 0], '    ')
-        buffer.insert([12, Infinity], '\n\n')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(13)).toBe(2)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(14)).toBe(2)
-
-        buffer.insert([1, Infinity], '\n\n')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(2)).toBe(2)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(3)).toBe(2)
-
-        buffer.setText('\n\n\n')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(1)).toBe(0)
-      })
-    })
-
-    describe('when the changed lines are surrounded by whitespace-only lines', () => {
-      it('updates the indentLevel of empty lines that precede the change', () => {
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(12)).toBe(0)
-
-        buffer.insert([12, 0], '\n')
-        buffer.insert([13, 0], '  ')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(12)).toBe(1)
-      })
-
-      it('updates empty line indent guides when the empty line is the last line', () => {
-        buffer.insert([12, 2], '\n')
-
-        // The newline and the tab need to be in two different operations to surface the bug
-        buffer.insert([12, 0], '  ')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(13)).toBe(1)
-
-        buffer.insert([12, 0], '  ')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(13)).toBe(2)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.tokenizedLines[14]).not.toBeDefined()
-      })
-
-      it('updates the indentLevel of empty lines surrounding a change that inserts lines', () => {
-        buffer.insert([7, 0], '\n\n')
-        buffer.insert([5, 0], '\n\n')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(5)).toBe(3)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(6)).toBe(3)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(9)).toBe(3)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(10)).toBe(3)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(11)).toBe(2)
-
-        buffer.setTextInRange([[7, 0], [8, 65]], '        one\n        two\n        three\n        four')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(5)).toBe(4)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(6)).toBe(4)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(11)).toBe(4)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(12)).toBe(4)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(13)).toBe(2)
-      })
-
-      it('updates the indentLevel of empty lines surrounding a change that removes lines', () => {
-        buffer.insert([7, 0], '\n\n')
-        buffer.insert([5, 0], '\n\n')
-        buffer.setTextInRange([[7, 0], [8, 65]], '    ok')
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(5)).toBe(2)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(6)).toBe(2)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(7)).toBe(2) // new text
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(8)).toBe(2)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(9)).toBe(2)
-        expect(tokenizedBuffer.indentLevelForRow(10)).toBe(2)
-      })
-    })
-  }) // }
-
   describe('.tokenizedLineForRow(row)', () => {
     it("returns the tokenized line for a row, or a placeholder line if it hasn't been tokenized yet", () => {
       buffer = atom.project.bufferForPathSync('sample.js')
diff --git a/src/tokenized-buffer.js b/src/tokenized-buffer.js
index f7e96e88c..f51baa950 100644
--- a/src/tokenized-buffer.js
+++ b/src/tokenized-buffer.js
@@ -392,38 +392,6 @@ class TokenizedBuffer {
     return scopes
   }
 
-  indentLevelForRow (bufferRow) {
-    const line = this.buffer.lineForRow(bufferRow)
-    let indentLevel = 0
-
-    if (line === '') {
-      let nextRow = bufferRow + 1
-      const lineCount = this.buffer.getLineCount()
-      while (nextRow < lineCount) {
-        const nextLine = this.buffer.lineForRow(nextRow)
-        if (nextLine !== '') {
-          indentLevel = Math.ceil(this.indentLevelForLine(nextLine))
-          break
-        }
-        nextRow++
-      }
-
-      let previousRow = bufferRow - 1
-      while (previousRow >= 0) {
-        const previousLine = this.buffer.lineForRow(previousRow)
-        if (previousLine !== '') {
-          indentLevel = Math.max(Math.ceil(this.indentLevelForLine(previousLine)), indentLevel)
-          break
-        }
-        previousRow--
-      }
-
-      return indentLevel
-    } else {
-      return this.indentLevelForLine(line)
-    }
-  }
-
   indentLevelForLine (line, tabLength = this.tabLength) {
     let indentLength = 0
     for (let i = 0, {length} = line; i < length; i++) {