diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index 6930478421b..b870df66c1e 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -5557,7 +5557,7 @@ bool PeerManagerImpl::RejectIncomingTxs(const CNode& peer) const
 void PeerManagerImpl::ProcessPong(CNode& pfrom, Peer& peer, const NodeClock::time_point ping_end, DataStream& vRecv)
 {
     uint64_t nonce = 0;
-    size_t nAvail = vRecv.in_avail();
+    const size_t nAvail{vRecv.size()};
     bool bPingFinished = false;
     std::string sProblem;
 
diff --git a/src/streams.h b/src/streams.h
index 6ef9d164494..96cea55eb49 100644
--- a/src/streams.h
+++ b/src/streams.h
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ public:
         return std::string{UCharCast(data()), UCharCast(data() + size())};
     }
 
-
     //
     // Vector subset
     //
@@ -209,8 +208,6 @@ public:
     //
     // Stream subset
     //
-    int in_avail() const         { return size(); }
-
     void read(std::span<value_type> dst)
     {
         if (dst.size() == 0) return;