diff --git a/http-clients/netty-nio-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/nio/netty/DefaultEventLoopGroupFactory.java b/http-clients/netty-nio-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/nio/netty/DefaultEventLoopGroupFactory.java
index 66573bad21e8..dd1e0230b8ae 100644
--- a/http-clients/netty-nio-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/nio/netty/DefaultEventLoopGroupFactory.java
+++ b/http-clients/netty-nio-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/nio/netty/DefaultEventLoopGroupFactory.java
@@ -15,14 +15,11 @@
 
 package software.amazon.awssdk.http.nio.netty;
 
-import static software.amazon.awssdk.utils.StringUtils.isBlank;
-
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.annotations.ReviewBeforeRelease;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.builder.CopyableBuilder;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.builder.ToCopyableBuilder;
@@ -71,18 +68,6 @@ public EventLoopGroup create() {
         }*/
     }
 
-    @ReviewBeforeRelease("We should work with Lambda to get Epoll opened up")
-    private boolean isNotAwsLambda() {
-        try {
-            // CHECKSTYLE:OFF - This is temporary (hopefully!)
-            return isBlank(System.getenv("AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME"));
-            // CHECKSTYLE:ON
-        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-            //Couldn't determine if we're on lambda or not, assume we're not.
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
     private ThreadFactory resolveThreadFactory() {
         return threadFactory != null ? threadFactory :
                 new ThreadFactoryBuilder()