diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go b/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
index 7fa053d1c3bc3..afc22d39b2e8e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/cpu"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/process"
 )
@@ -78,17 +76,3 @@ func (p *Proc) Percent(_ time.Duration) (float64, error) {
 	}
 	return cpuPerc, err
 }
-
-func (p *Proc) Metric(prefix string, cfg *collectionConfig) telegraf.Metric {
-	if prefix != "" {
-		prefix += "_"
-	}
-
-	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
-
-	if cfg.features["mmap"] {
-		collectMemmap(p, prefix, fields)
-	}
-
-	return metric.New("procstat", p.tags, fields, time.Time{})
-}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go
index c29f80c924fbf..3aee9ff02456f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/cpu"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/process"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
 
@@ -136,9 +135,6 @@ func (p *testProc) MemoryInfo() (*process.MemoryInfoStat, error) {
 func (p *testProc) MemoryMaps(bool) (*[]process.MemoryMapsStat, error) {
 	return &[]process.MemoryMapsStat{}, nil
 }
-func (p *testProc) Metric(prefix string, cfg *collectionConfig) telegraf.Metric {
-	return nil
-}
 func (p *testProc) Name() (string, error) {
 	return "test_proc", nil
 }