diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
index 56b913432bdc4bed53bd905fc92ae0c436709e6d..5f24dc24e5759c3ddf5842070e09c4a76803eb75 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
@@ -988,13 +988,6 @@ protected function setInstallProfile($profile) {
     $this->container->get('kernel')->rebuildContainer();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Stops test execution.
-   */
-  protected function stop() {
-    $this->getTestResultObject()->stop();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Dumps the current state of the virtual filesystem to STDOUT.
    */