diff --git a/api/gossiper.cc b/api/gossiper.cc
index 65115144e1..6dbd1f69f3 100644
--- a/api/gossiper.cc
+++ b/api/gossiper.cc
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ namespace api {
 using namespace json;
 
 void set_gossiper(http_context& ctx, routes& r) {
-    httpd::gossiper_json::get_down_endpoint.set(r, [](std::unique_ptr<request> req) {
-        return gms::get_unreachable_members().then([](std::set<gms::inet_address> res) {
-            return make_ready_future<json::json_return_type>(container_to_vec(res));
-        });
+    httpd::gossiper_json::get_down_endpoint.set(r, [] (const_req req) {
+        auto res = gms::get_local_gossiper().get_unreachable_members();
+        return container_to_vec(res));
     });
 
     httpd::gossiper_json::get_live_endpoint.set(r, [] (const_req req) {
diff --git a/gms/gossiper.cc b/gms/gossiper.cc
index 95c23a7fd2..b79e419361 100644
--- a/gms/gossiper.cc
+++ b/gms/gossiper.cc
@@ -1464,12 +1464,6 @@ bool gossiper::is_alive(inet_address ep) {
     }
 }
 
-future<std::set<inet_address>> get_unreachable_members() {
-    return smp::submit_to(0, [] {
-        return get_local_gossiper().get_unreachable_members();
-    });
-}
-
 future<int64_t> get_endpoint_downtime(inet_address ep) {
     return smp::submit_to(0, [ep] {
         return get_local_gossiper().get_endpoint_downtime(ep);
diff --git a/gms/gossiper.hh b/gms/gossiper.hh
index 45d5868d55..a254af2c8b 100644
--- a/gms/gossiper.hh
+++ b/gms/gossiper.hh
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ inline distributed<gossiper>& get_gossiper() {
     return _the_gossiper;
 }
 
-future<std::set<inet_address>> get_unreachable_members();
 future<int64_t> get_endpoint_downtime(inet_address ep);
 future<int> get_current_generation_number(inet_address ep);
 future<int> get_current_heart_beat_version(inet_address ep);