diff --git a/base/include/thread_ex.h b/base/include/thread_ex.h
index cc3edb4a9cd44c5eea8fa796ceaec59a685b5901..7482134083a744e3f3bc543783829022023cc21c 100644
--- a/base/include/thread_ex.h
+++ b/base/include/thread_ex.h
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ private:
     Thread(const Thread&) = delete;
     Thread& operator=(const Thread&) = delete;
     static int ThreadStart(void* args);
-    ThreadStatus Join(); // pthread created as detached
 
 private:
     pthread_t thread_;  // Thread ID
diff --git a/base/src/thread_ex.cpp b/base/src/thread_ex.cpp
index 4811191630eafdebb0fbbb3cec1e98ec1c1524bf..a52e0228a156d621947654cea5c0fb439cb92c68 100644
--- a/base/src/thread_ex.cpp
+++ b/base/src/thread_ex.cpp
@@ -133,21 +133,6 @@ ThreadStatus Thread::Start(const std::string& name, int32_t priority, size_t sta
     return ThreadStatus::OK;
 }
 
-ThreadStatus Thread::Join()
-{
-    // If the two thread IDs are equal, pthread_equal() returns a non-zero value; otherwise, it returns 0.
-    if (pthread_equal(thread_, pthread_self()) != 0) {
-        return ThreadStatus::WOULD_BLOCK;
-    }
-
-    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(lock_);
-    while (running_) {
-        cvThreadExited_.wait(lk);
-    }
-
-    return status_;
-}
-
 ThreadStatus Thread::NotifyExitSync()
 {
     // If the two thread IDs are equal, pthread_equal() returns a non-zero value; otherwise, it returns 0.