diff --git a/sstables/sstables.cc b/sstables/sstables.cc
index cf452a5fa1..a0e6c09f43 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstables.cc
@@ -955,18 +955,6 @@ future<> sstable::write_column_name(file_writer& out, const composite& clusterin
     });
 }
 
-future<> sstable::write_static_column_name(file_writer& out, const schema& schema, const std::vector<bytes_view>& column_names) {
-    column_name_helper::min_components(_c_stats.min_column_names, column_names);
-    column_name_helper::max_components(_c_stats.max_column_names, column_names);
-
-    return do_with(composite::from_exploded(column_names), [&out, &schema] (composite& c) {
-        return do_with(composite::static_prefix(schema), [&out, &c] (composite& sp) {
-            uint16_t sz = sp.size() + c.size();
-            return write(out, sz, sp, c);
-        });
-    });
-}
-
 static inline void update_cell_stats(column_stats& c_stats, uint64_t timestamp) {
     c_stats.update_min_timestamp(timestamp);
     c_stats.update_max_timestamp(timestamp);
@@ -1073,8 +1061,10 @@ future<> sstable::write_static_row(file_writer& out, schema_ptr schema, const ro
         }
         assert(column_definition.is_static());
         atomic_cell_view cell = value.second.as_atomic_cell();
-        return this->write_static_column_name(out, *schema, { bytes_view(column_definition.name()) }).then([&out, cell, this] {
-            return this->write_cell(out, cell);
+        return do_with(composite::static_prefix(*schema), [this, &out, &column_definition, cell = std::move(cell)] (composite& sp) {
+            return this->write_column_name(out, sp, { bytes_view(column_definition.name()) }).then([this, &out, cell] {
+                return this->write_cell(out, cell);
+            });
         });
     });
 }
diff --git a/sstables/sstables.hh b/sstables/sstables.hh
index a22f70176c..ab340ad5a9 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.hh
+++ b/sstables/sstables.hh
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ private:
     future<> write_static_row(file_writer& out, schema_ptr schema, const row& static_row);
     future<> write_cell(file_writer& out, atomic_cell_view cell);
     future<> write_column_name(file_writer& out, const composite& clustering_key, const std::vector<bytes_view>& column_names);
-    future<> write_static_column_name(file_writer& out, const schema& schema, const std::vector<bytes_view>& column_names);
 public:
     // Allow the test cases from sstable_test.cc to test private methods. We use
     // a placeholder to avoid cluttering this class too much. The sstable_test class