diff --git a/src/ol/tilerange.js b/src/ol/tilerange.js
index 546a74d8ba..8e41f2cea3 100644
--- a/src/ol/tilerange.js
+++ b/src/ol/tilerange.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 goog.provide('ol.TileRange');
 
-goog.require('ol.asserts');
-
 
 /**
  * A representation of a contiguous block of tiles.  A tile range is specified
@@ -39,34 +37,6 @@ ol.TileRange = function(minX, maxX, minY, maxY) {
 };
 
 
-/**
- * @param {...ol.TileCoord} var_args Tile coordinates.
- * @return {!ol.TileRange} Bounding tile box.
- */
-ol.TileRange.boundingTileRange = function(var_args) {
-  var tileCoord0 = /** @type {ol.TileCoord} */ (arguments[0]);
-  var tileCoord0Z = tileCoord0[0];
-  var tileCoord0X = tileCoord0[1];
-  var tileCoord0Y = tileCoord0[2];
-  var tileRange = new ol.TileRange(tileCoord0X, tileCoord0X,
-                                   tileCoord0Y, tileCoord0Y);
-  var i, ii, tileCoord, tileCoordX, tileCoordY, tileCoordZ;
-  for (i = 1, ii = arguments.length; i < ii; ++i) {
-    tileCoord = /** @type {ol.TileCoord} */ (arguments[i]);
-    tileCoordZ = tileCoord[0];
-    tileCoordX = tileCoord[1];
-    tileCoordY = tileCoord[2];
-    ol.asserts.assert(tileCoordZ == tileCoord0Z,
-        23); // The passed `ol.TileCoord`s must all have the same `z` value
-    tileRange.minX = Math.min(tileRange.minX, tileCoordX);
-    tileRange.maxX = Math.max(tileRange.maxX, tileCoordX);
-    tileRange.minY = Math.min(tileRange.minY, tileCoordY);
-    tileRange.maxY = Math.max(tileRange.maxY, tileCoordY);
-  }
-  return tileRange;
-};
-
-
 /**
  * @param {number} minX Minimum X.
  * @param {number} maxX Maximum X.
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/tilerange.test.js b/test/spec/ol/tilerange.test.js
index 2a12e9a60f..cdfd41367b 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/tilerange.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/tilerange.test.js
@@ -50,25 +50,6 @@ describe('ol.TileRange', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('boundingTileRange', function() {
-    it('returns the expected TileRange', function() {
-      var tileRange = new ol.TileRange.boundingTileRange(
-          [3, 1, 3], [3, 2, 0]);
-      expect(tileRange.minX).to.eql(1);
-      expect(tileRange.maxX).to.eql(2);
-      expect(tileRange.minY).to.eql(0);
-      expect(tileRange.maxY).to.eql(3);
-    });
-
-    describe('with mixed z', function() {
-      it('returns the expected TileRange', function() {
-        expect(function() {
-          return new ol.TileRange.boundingTileRange([3, 1, 3], [4, 2, 0]);
-        }).to.throwException();
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('equals', function() {
     it('determines equivalence of two ranges', function() {
       var one = new ol.TileRange(0, 2, 1, 4);