diff --git a/meta/classes/linux-kernel-base.bbclass b/meta/classes/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
index 510951a620..4f2b0a4a98 100644
--- a/meta/classes/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ def get_kernelversion(p):
             return m.group(1)
     return None
 
-def get_kernelmajorversion(p):
-	import re
-	r = re.compile("([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*")
-	m = r.match(p);
-	if m:
-		return m.group(1)
-	return None
-
 def linux_module_packages(s, d):
 	suffix = ""
 	return " ".join(map(lambda s: "kernel-module-%s%s" % (s.lower().replace('_', '-').replace('@', '+'), suffix), s.split()))