diff --git a/src/FwdState.cc b/src/FwdState.cc
index 62c33a67f84..479fd1082a5 100644
--- a/src/FwdState.cc
+++ b/src/FwdState.cc
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ FwdState::checkRetry()
     if (exhaustedTries())
         return false;
 
-    if (request->flags.pinned && !pinnedCanRetry())
+    if (request->flags.pinned)
         return false;
 
     if (!EnoughTimeToReForward(start_t))
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ FwdState::reforward()
 
     debugs(17, 3, e->url() << "?" );
 
-    if (request->flags.pinned && !pinnedCanRetry()) {
+    if (request->flags.pinned) {
         debugs(17, 3, "pinned connection; cannot retry");
         return 0;
     }
@@ -1418,28 +1418,6 @@ FwdState::exhaustedTries() const
     return n_tries >= Config.forward_max_tries;
 }
 
-bool
-FwdState::pinnedCanRetry() const
-{
-    assert(request->flags.pinned);
-
-    // pconn race on pinned connection: Currently we do not have any mechanism
-    // to retry current pinned connection path.
-    if (pconnRace == raceHappened)
-        return false;
-
-    // If a bumped connection was pinned, then the TLS client was given our peer
-    // details. Do not retry because we do not ensure that those details stay
-    // constant. Step1-bumped connections do not get our TLS peer details, are
-    // never pinned, and, hence, never reach this method.
-    if (request->flags.sslBumped)
-        return false;
-
-    // The other pinned cases are FTP proxying and connection-based HTTP
-    // authentication. TODO: Do these cases have restrictions?
-    return true;
-}
-
 time_t
 FwdState::connectingTimeout(const Comm::ConnectionPointer &conn) const
 {
diff --git a/src/FwdState.h b/src/FwdState.h
index 1427b928ebb..1dc2d4e3b70 100644
--- a/src/FwdState.h
+++ b/src/FwdState.h
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@ class FwdState: public RefCountable, public PeerSelectionInitiator
 
     void usePinned();
 
-    /// whether a pinned to-peer connection can be replaced with another one
-    /// (in order to retry or reforward a failed request)
-    bool pinnedCanRetry() const;
-
     template <typename StepStart>
     void advanceDestination(const char *stepDescription, const Comm::ConnectionPointer &conn, const StepStart &startStep);
 
diff --git a/src/tunnel.cc b/src/tunnel.cc
index 5da201b6bd6..041ae0be595 100644
--- a/src/tunnel.cc
+++ b/src/tunnel.cc
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ TunnelStateData::checkRetry()
     if (request->hier.peer_reply_status != Http::scNone && !Http::IsReforwardableStatus(request->hier.peer_reply_status))
         return "received HTTP status code is not reforwardable";
 
-    // TODO: check pinned connections; see FwdState::pinnedCanRetry()
+    // TODO: check pinned connections; see request->flags.pinned in FwdState::checkRetry()
     return nullptr;
 }