diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxBinary.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxBinary.java
index 44b54cb774563..8fffcc68d0c31 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxBinary.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxBinary.java
@@ -237,16 +237,6 @@ public String getConsoleOutput() throws IOException {
     return Streams.drainStream(stream);
   }
 
-  public void clean(FirefoxProfile profile, File profileDir) throws IOException {
-    startProfile(profile, profileDir, "-silent");
-    try {
-      waitFor(timeout);
-    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-      process.destroy();
-      throw new WebDriverException(e);
-    }
-  }
-
   public long getTimeout() {
     return timeout;
   }
diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/internal/MarionetteConnection.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/internal/MarionetteConnection.java
index 24f005b80c8f9..09dab4c87c98e 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/internal/MarionetteConnection.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/internal/MarionetteConnection.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 import org.openqa.selenium.Beta;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException;
-import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
 import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.ExtensionConnection;
 import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxBinary;
 import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
@@ -107,8 +106,6 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
     try {
       profileDir = profile.layoutOnDisk();
 
-      process.clean(profile, profileDir);
-
       String firefoxLogFile = System.getProperty(FirefoxDriver.SystemProperty.BROWSER_LOGFILE);
 
       if (firefoxLogFile !=  null) {
diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/internal/NewProfileExtensionConnection.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/internal/NewProfileExtensionConnection.java
index e7b8ec2c75902..7d9c2b4af134c 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/internal/NewProfileExtensionConnection.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/internal/NewProfileExtensionConnection.java
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
 
       profileDir = profile.layoutOnDisk();
 
-      process.clean(profile, profileDir);
-
       delegate = new HttpCommandExecutor(buildUrl(host, port));
       delegate.setLocalLogs(logs);
       String firefoxLogFile = System.getProperty(FirefoxDriver.SystemProperty.BROWSER_LOGFILE);