diff --git a/address.go b/address.go
index 0591ae67e6..9b7ae44dba 100644
--- a/address.go
+++ b/address.go
@@ -547,12 +547,6 @@ func (a *AddressSecpPubKey) Format() PubKeyFormat {
 	return a.pubKeyFormat
 }
 
-// SetFormat sets the format (uncompressed, compressed, etc) of the
-// pay-to-pubkey address.
-func (a *AddressSecpPubKey) SetFormat(pkFormat PubKeyFormat) {
-	a.pubKeyFormat = pkFormat
-}
-
 // AddressPubKeyHash returns the pay-to-pubkey address converted to a
 // pay-to-pubkey-hash address.  Note that the public key format (uncompressed,
 // compressed, etc) will change the resulting address.  This is expected since