diff --git a/server/channels/app/app_iface.go b/server/channels/app/app_iface.go
index b7355144ea1..640b508cf19 100644
--- a/server/channels/app/app_iface.go
+++ b/server/channels/app/app_iface.go
@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ type AppIface interface {
 	// MoveChannel method is prone to data races if someone joins to channel during the move process. However this
 	// function is only exposed to sysadmins and the possibility of this edge case is relatively small.
 	MoveChannel(c request.CTX, team *model.Team, channel *model.Channel, user *model.User) *model.AppError
-	// NewWebConn returns a new WebConn instance.
-	NewWebConn(cfg *platform.WebConnConfig) *platform.WebConn
 	// NotifySessionsExpired is called periodically from the job server to notify any mobile sessions that have expired.
 	NotifySessionsExpired() error
 	// OverrideIconURLIfEmoji changes the post icon override URL prop, if it has an emoji icon,
diff --git a/server/channels/app/opentracing/opentracing_layer.go b/server/channels/app/opentracing/opentracing_layer.go
index 452ab79fa83..73193c5bd97 100644
--- a/server/channels/app/opentracing/opentracing_layer.go
+++ b/server/channels/app/opentracing/opentracing_layer.go
@@ -12761,23 +12761,6 @@ func (a *OpenTracingAppLayer) NewPluginAPI(c *request.Context, manifest *model.M
 	return resultVar0
 }
 
-func (a *OpenTracingAppLayer) NewWebConn(cfg *platform.WebConnConfig) *platform.WebConn {
-	origCtx := a.ctx
-	span, newCtx := tracing.StartSpanWithParentByContext(a.ctx, "app.NewWebConn")
-
-	a.ctx = newCtx
-	a.app.Srv().Store().SetContext(newCtx)
-	defer func() {
-		a.app.Srv().Store().SetContext(origCtx)
-		a.ctx = origCtx
-	}()
-
-	defer span.Finish()
-	resultVar0 := a.app.NewWebConn(cfg)
-
-	return resultVar0
-}
-
 func (a *OpenTracingAppLayer) NotifyAndSetWarnMetricAck(warnMetricId string, sender *model.User, forceAck bool, isBot bool) *model.AppError {
 	origCtx := a.ctx
 	span, newCtx := tracing.StartSpanWithParentByContext(a.ctx, "app.NotifyAndSetWarnMetricAck")
diff --git a/server/channels/app/web_conn.go b/server/channels/app/web_conn.go
index f0c4bb94c55..43f1255cd91 100644
--- a/server/channels/app/web_conn.go
+++ b/server/channels/app/web_conn.go
@@ -13,8 +13,3 @@ import (
 func (a *App) PopulateWebConnConfig(s *model.Session, cfg *platform.WebConnConfig, seqVal string) (*platform.WebConnConfig, error) {
 	return a.Srv().Platform().PopulateWebConnConfig(s, cfg, seqVal)
 }
-
-// NewWebConn returns a new WebConn instance.
-func (a *App) NewWebConn(cfg *platform.WebConnConfig) *platform.WebConn {
-	return a.Srv().Platform().NewWebConn(cfg, a, a.ch)
-}