diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/include/stack_renderer.hpp b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/include/stack_renderer.hpp
index 5a247e28de3..a2bcb824ce7 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/include/stack_renderer.hpp
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/include/stack_renderer.hpp
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ class StackRenderer
                              uintptr_t thread_id,
                              unsigned long native_id);
     void render_task_begin(const std::string& task_name, bool on_cpu);
-    void render_stack_begin();
     void render_frame(Frame& frame);
     void render_cpu_time(uint64_t cpu_time_us);
     void render_stack_end();
diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/src/echion/threads.cc b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/src/echion/threads.cc
index 8741d878af6..79d11545d12 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/src/echion/threads.cc
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/src/echion/threads.cc
@@ -645,7 +645,6 @@ ThreadInfo::sample(EchionSampler& echion, PyThreadState* tstate, microsecond_t d
 
             const auto& task_name = maybe_task_name->get();
             renderer.render_task_begin(task_name, task_stack_info->on_cpu);
-            renderer.render_stack_begin();
 
             task_stack_info->stack.render(echion);
 
@@ -662,7 +661,6 @@ ThreadInfo::sample(EchionSampler& echion, PyThreadState* tstate, microsecond_t d
 
             const auto& task_name = maybe_task_name->get();
             renderer.render_task_begin(task_name, greenlet_stack->on_cpu);
-            renderer.render_stack_begin();
 
             auto& stack = greenlet_stack->stack;
             stack.render(echion);
@@ -672,7 +670,6 @@ ThreadInfo::sample(EchionSampler& echion, PyThreadState* tstate, microsecond_t d
 
         current_greenlets.clear();
     } else {
-        renderer.render_stack_begin();
         python_stack.render(echion);
         renderer.render_stack_end();
     }
diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/src/stack_renderer.cpp b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/src/stack_renderer.cpp
index 33701ce4f21..77fa041583a 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/src/stack_renderer.cpp
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack/src/stack_renderer.cpp
@@ -110,12 +110,6 @@ StackRenderer::render_task_begin(const std::string& task_name, bool on_cpu)
     pushed_task_name = true;
 }
 
-void
-StackRenderer::render_stack_begin()
-{
-    // This function is part of the necessary API, but it is unused by the Datadog profiler for now.
-}
-
 void
 StackRenderer::render_frame(Frame& frame)
 {