diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.module b/core/modules/views/views.module
index 6cda6a9115a..28db666f4ed 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.module
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.module
@@ -646,19 +646,6 @@ function views_hook_info() {
   return $hooks;
 }
 
-/**
- * Gets all the views plugin definitions.
- *
- * @return array
- *   An array of plugin definitions for all types.
- *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x-dev, will be removed before Drupal 8.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\views\Views::getPluginDefinitions().
- */
-function views_get_plugin_definitions() {
-  return Views::getPluginDefinitions();
-}
-
 /**
  * Get enabled display extenders.
  *