diff --git a/core/js/js.js b/core/js/js.js
index c95e6375c7..197f375fe1 100644
--- a/core/js/js.js
+++ b/core/js/js.js
@@ -2018,16 +2018,6 @@ OC.Util = {
 		return $('html').hasClass('ie');
 	},
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns whether this is IE8
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated IE8 isn't supported since 9.0
-	 * @return {bool} false (IE8 isn't supported anymore)
-	 */
-	isIE8: function() {
-		return false;
-	},
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns the width of a generic browser scrollbar
 	 *