diff --git a/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc b/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
index 4995d8ee725909f70567cfcada62eae2759e3717..7b71edb0287f65a6b863d8634edf7747a346e7f7 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
+++ b/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
@@ -32,27 +32,6 @@ function _update_fetch_data() {
   \Drupal::service('update.processor')->fetchData();
 }
 
-/**
- * Processes a task to fetch available update data for a single project.
- *
- * Once the release history XML data is downloaded, it is parsed and saved in an
- * entry just for that project.
- *
- * @param $project
- *   Associative array of information about the project to fetch data for.
- *
- * @return
- *   TRUE if we fetched parsable XML, otherwise FALSE.
- *
- * @see \Drupal\update\UpdateFetcher::processFetchTask()
- *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x-dev, will be removed before Drupal 8.0.
- *   Use \Drupal::service('update.processor')->processFetchTask().
- */
-function _update_process_fetch_task($project) {
-  return \Drupal::service('update.processor')->processFetchTask($project);
-}
-
 /**
  * Clears out all the available update data and initiates re-fetching.
  *