--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/time/ZoneRegion.java	Thu Jul 18 10:49:08 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/time/ZoneRegion.java	Thu Jul 18 11:02:02 2013 -0700
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 import java.time.zone.ZoneRulesException;
 import java.time.zone.ZoneRulesProvider;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * A geographical region where the same time-zone rules apply.
@@ -153,19 +152,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Obtains an instance of {@code ZoneId} wrapping an offset.
-     * <p>
-     * For example, zone IDs like 'UTC', 'GMT', 'UT' and 'UTC+01:30' will be setup here.
-     *
-     * @param zoneId  the time-zone ID, not null
-     * @param offset  the offset, not null
-     * @return the zone ID, not null
-     */
-    static ZoneRegion ofPrefixedOffset(String zoneId, ZoneOffset offset) {
-        return new ZoneRegion(zoneId, offset.getRules());
-    }
-
     //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
      * Constructor.