diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity/DataProtectionTokenProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity/DataProtectionTokenProvider.cs
index 09f74095a7..9e285f5e61 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity/DataProtectionTokenProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity/DataProtectionTokenProvider.cs
@@ -161,18 +161,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity
         {
             return Task.FromResult(false);
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a notification for the specified <paramref name="user"/> based on the supplied <paramref name="token"/> as an asynchronous operation.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="token">The token to generate notifications for.</param>
-        /// <param name="manager">The <see cref="UserManager{TUser}"/> to retrieve user properties from.</param>
-        /// <param name="user">The <typeparamref name="TUser"/> the token was generated for.</param>
-        /// <returns>A <see cref="Task{TResult}"/> that represents the asynchronous notification.</returns>
-        public virtual Task NotifyAsync(string token, UserManager<TUser> manager, TUser user)
-        {
-            return Task.FromResult(0);
-        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test/UserManagerTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test/UserManagerTest.cs
index 28975a3c26..0c52e3a26c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test/UserManagerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test/UserManagerTest.cs
@@ -1146,11 +1146,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test
                 return Task.FromResult(true);
             }
 
-            public Task NotifyAsync(string token, UserManager<TestUser> manager, TestUser user)
-            {
-                return Task.FromResult(0);
-            }
-
             public Task<bool> CanGenerateTwoFactorTokenAsync(UserManager<TestUser> manager, TestUser user)
             {
                 return Task.FromResult(true);
diff --git a/test/Shared/UserManagerTestBase.cs b/test/Shared/UserManagerTestBase.cs
index a45e966b14..e46115648d 100644
--- a/test/Shared/UserManagerTestBase.cs
+++ b/test/Shared/UserManagerTestBase.cs
@@ -826,11 +826,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.Test
                 return token == MakeToken(purpose, await manager.GetUserIdAsync(user));
             }
 
-            public Task NotifyAsync(string token, UserManager<TUser> manager, TUser user)
-            {
-                return Task.FromResult(0);
-            }
-
             public Task<bool> CanGenerateTwoFactorTokenAsync(UserManager<TUser> manager, TUser user)
             {
                 return Task.FromResult(true);