diff --git a/lib/jsduck/doc_formatter.rb b/lib/jsduck/doc_formatter.rb
index f5ad5f6b7d06160f87be39580b62e374b1cc823f..96e65236ade21aa2e31cc3df22074558981fc2f7 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/doc_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/doc_formatter.rb
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ module JsDuck
             return text
           end
 
-          ms = ms.find_all {|m| !m[:private] }
-          if ms.length == 0
-            Logger.instance.warn(:link_private, "#{input} links to private member", file, line)
-            return text
-          end
-
           if ms.length > 1
             # When multiple public members, see if there remains just
             # one when we ignore the static members. If there's more,
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/logger.rb b/lib/jsduck/logger.rb
index 5b7701dc550a36c2236690ceb8a7d17491000d8c..c5da78c6b60db11332795c6689791ad5a4b2f681 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/logger.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ module JsDuck
         [:inheritdoc, "@inheritdoc referring to unknown class or member"],
         [:extend, "@extend or @mixin referring to unknown class"],
         [:link, "{@link} to unknown class or member"],
-        [:link_private, "{@link} to private member"],
         [:link_ambiguous, "{@link} is ambiguous"],
         [:link_auto, "Auto-detected link to unknown class or member"],