diff --git a/server/consumer.go b/server/consumer.go
index 8a967b40..b985aa18 100644
--- a/server/consumer.go
+++ b/server/consumer.go
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ func parseAckReplyNum(d string) (n int64) {
 const expectedNumReplyTokens = 9
 
 // Grab encoded information in the reply subject for a delivered message.
-func (o *consumer) replyInfo(subject string) (sseq, dseq, dc uint64, ts int64, pending uint64) {
+func replyInfo(subject string) (sseq, dseq, dc uint64, ts int64, pending uint64) {
 	tsa := [expectedNumReplyTokens]string{}
 	start, tokens := 0, tsa[:0]
 	for i := 0; i < len(subject); i++ {