diff --git a/core/includes/utility.inc b/core/includes/utility.inc
index ec6a20cb2cc0a1c0d9f368e3bcce6326c5ebe0f5..802331c4ccd98a9ef967b38c6b5df2b01fd5dcd3 100644
--- a/core/includes/utility.inc
+++ b/core/includes/utility.inc
@@ -12,24 +12,6 @@
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader;
 
-/**
- * Drupal-friendly var_export().
- *
- * @param mixed $var
- *   The variable to export.
- * @param string $prefix
- *   A prefix that will be added at the beginning of every lines of the output.
- *
- * @return string
- *   The variable exported in a way compatible to Drupal's coding standards.
- *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x-dev, will be removed before Drupal 8.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\Component\Utility\Variable::export().
- */
-function drupal_var_export($var, $prefix = '') {
-  return Variable::export($var, $prefix);
-}
-
 /**
  * Rebuilds all caches even when Drupal itself does not work.
  *