diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/exec.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/exec.go
index 6ff9f607a7..6865a33194 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/exec.go
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/api/handlers"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/api/handlers/utils"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-	"github.com/gorilla/schema"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
 )
 
 // ExecCreateHandler creates an exec session for a given container.
@@ -117,45 +115,6 @@ func ExecInspectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ExecResizeHandler resizes a given exec session's TTY.
-func ExecResizeHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	runtime := r.Context().Value("runtime").(*libpod.Runtime)
-	decoder := r.Context().Value("decoder").(*schema.Decoder)
-
-	sessionID := mux.Vars(r)["id"]
-
-	query := struct {
-		Height uint16 `schema:"h"`
-		Width  uint16 `schema:"w"`
-	}{
-		// override any golang type defaults
-	}
-	if err := decoder.Decode(&query, r.URL.Query()); err != nil {
-		utils.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusBadRequest), http.StatusBadRequest,
-			errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to parse parameters for %s", r.URL.String()))
-		return
-	}
-
-	sessionCtr, err := runtime.GetExecSessionContainer(sessionID)
-	if err != nil {
-		utils.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("No such exec session: %s", sessionID), http.StatusNotFound, err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	newSize := remotecommand.TerminalSize{
-		Width:  query.Width,
-		Height: query.Height,
-	}
-
-	if err := sessionCtr.ExecResize(sessionID, newSize); err != nil {
-		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// This is a 201 some reason, not a 204.
-	utils.WriteResponse(w, http.StatusCreated, "")
-}
-
 // ExecStartHandler runs a given exec session.
 func ExecStartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	runtime := r.Context().Value("runtime").(*libpod.Runtime)
diff --git a/pkg/api/server/register_exec.go b/pkg/api/server/register_exec.go
index 1571de90b1..19b7e2fcd3 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server/register_exec.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server/register_exec.go
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ func (s *APIServer) registerExecHandlers(r *mux.Router) error {
 	//     $ref: "#/responses/NoSuchExecInstance"
 	//   500:
 	//     $ref: "#/responses/InternalError"
-	r.Handle(VersionedPath("/exec/{id}/resize"), s.APIHandler(compat.ExecResizeHandler)).Methods(http.MethodPost)
+	r.Handle(VersionedPath("/exec/{id}/resize"), s.APIHandler(compat.UnsupportedHandler)).Methods(http.MethodPost)
 	// Added non version path to URI to support docker non versioned paths
-	r.Handle("/exec/{id}/resize", s.APIHandler(compat.ExecResizeHandler)).Methods(http.MethodPost)
+	r.Handle("/exec/{id}/resize", s.APIHandler(compat.UnsupportedHandler)).Methods(http.MethodPost)
 	// swagger:operation GET /exec/{id}/json compat inspectExec
 	// ---
 	// tags:
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func (s *APIServer) registerExecHandlers(r *mux.Router) error {
 	//     $ref: "#/responses/NoSuchExecInstance"
 	//   500:
 	//     $ref: "#/responses/InternalError"
-	r.Handle(VersionedPath("/libpod/exec/{id}/resize"), s.APIHandler(compat.ExecResizeHandler)).Methods(http.MethodPost)
+	r.Handle(VersionedPath("/libpod/exec/{id}/resize"), s.APIHandler(compat.UnsupportedHandler)).Methods(http.MethodPost)
 	// swagger:operation GET /libpod/exec/{id}/json libpod libpodInspectExec
 	// ---
 	// tags: