diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index 5fa6309ab..e3a58d5eb 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
-	pprof_runtime "runtime/pprof"
 	template_text "text/template"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cmux"
@@ -255,8 +254,6 @@ func New(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 	router.Get("/version", readyf(h.version))
 	router.Get("/service-discovery", readyf(h.serviceDiscovery))
 
-	router.Get("/heap", h.dumpHeap)
-
 	router.Get("/metrics", promhttp.Handler().ServeHTTP)
 
 	router.Get("/federate", readyf(httputil.CompressionHandler{
@@ -877,18 +874,6 @@ func (h *Handler) executeTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, name string, data inter
 	io.WriteString(w, result)
 }
 
-func (h *Handler) dumpHeap(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	target := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/%d.heap", time.Now().Unix())
-	f, err := os.Create(target)
-	if err != nil {
-		level.Error(h.logger).Log("msg", "Could not dump heap", "err", err)
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Writing to %s...", target)
-	defer f.Close()
-	pprof_runtime.WriteHeapProfile(f)
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Done")
-}
-
 // AlertStatus bundles alerting rules and the mapping of alert states to row classes.
 type AlertStatus struct {
 	AlertingRules        []*rules.AlertingRule