diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/nvd/UpdateableNvdCve.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/nvd/UpdateableNvdCve.java
index 6df4e5fa6..08327eeac 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/nvd/UpdateableNvdCve.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/nvd/UpdateableNvdCve.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DownloadFailedException;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Downloader;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Contains a collection of updateable NvdCveInfo objects. This is used to determine which files need to be downloaded and
@@ -36,10 +34,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  */
 public class UpdateableNvdCve implements Iterable<NvdCveInfo>, Iterator<NvdCveInfo> {
 
-    /**
-     * A reference to the logger.
-     */
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UpdateableNvdCve.class);
     /**
      * A collection of sources of data.
      */
@@ -68,19 +62,6 @@ public class UpdateableNvdCve implements Iterable<NvdCveInfo>, Iterator<NvdCveIn
         return false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Adds a new entry of updateable information to the contained collection.
-     *
-     * @param id the key for the item to be added
-     * @param url the URL to download the item
-     * @param oldUrl the URL for the old version of the item (the NVD CVE old schema still contains useful data we need).
-     * @throws MalformedURLException thrown if the URL provided is invalid
-     * @throws DownloadFailedException thrown if the download fails.
-     */
-    public void add(String id, String url, String oldUrl) throws MalformedURLException, DownloadFailedException {
-        add(id, url, oldUrl, false);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Adds a new entry of updateable information to the contained collection.
      *
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/nvd/UpdateableNvdCveTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/nvd/UpdateableNvdCveTest.java
index 822554ac7..f734108b1 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/nvd/UpdateableNvdCveTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/nvd/UpdateableNvdCveTest.java
@@ -61,23 +61,7 @@ public class UpdateableNvdCveTest extends BaseTest {
      * Test of add method, of class UpdateableNvdCve.
      */
     @Test
-    public void testAdd_3args() throws Exception {
-        String id = "key";
-        //use a local file as this test will load the result and check the timestamp
-        String url = "file:///" + new File("target/test-classes/nvdcve-2.0-2012.xml").toURI().toString();
-        UpdateableNvdCve instance = new UpdateableNvdCve();
-        instance.add(id, url, url);
-        NvdCveInfo results = instance.get(id);
-        assertEquals(id, results.getId());
-        assertEquals(url, results.getUrl());
-        assertEquals(url, results.getOldSchemaVersionUrl());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Test of add method, of class UpdateableNvdCve.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testAdd_4args() throws Exception {
+    public void testAdd() throws Exception {
         String id = "key";
         //use a local file as this test will load the result and check the timestamp
         String url = new File("target/test-classes/nvdcve-2.0-2012.xml").toURI().toString();