diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/linux-kernel-base.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
index e2187a73f0e..76d8b4d4513 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/linux-kernel-base.bbclass
@@ -50,13 +50,7 @@ def get_kernellocalversion_file(p):
 
     return ""
 
-def linux_module_packages(s, d):
-    suffix = ""
-    return " ".join(map(lambda s: "kernel-module-%s%s" % (s.lower().replace('_', '-').replace('@', '+'), suffix), s.split()))
-
 export KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION = "1"
 export KBUILD_BUILD_USER ?= "oe-user"
 export KBUILD_BUILD_HOST ?= "oe-host"
 
-# that's all
-