diff --git a/storages/backends/azure_storage.py b/storages/backends/azure_storage.py
index 0ae14802..75e27b10 100644
--- a/storages/backends/azure_storage.py
+++ b/storages/backends/azure_storage.py
@@ -403,9 +403,3 @@ def listdir(self, path=""):
             else:
                 files.append(n)
         return list(dirs), files
-
-    def get_name_max_len(self):
-        max_len = _AZURE_NAME_MAX_LEN - len(self._get_valid_path("foo")) - len("foo")
-        if not self.overwrite_files:
-            max_len -= len("_1234567")
-        return max_len