diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleHandler.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleHandler.php
index 14b4e721039..c45c1cd05c8 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleHandler.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleHandler.php
@@ -463,13 +463,6 @@ class ModuleHandler implements ModuleHandlerInterface {
         }
       }
     }
-    // We can't use $this->alter() for the same reason as above.
-    foreach ($this->moduleList as $module => $filename) {
-      $function = $module . '_hook_info_alter';
-      if (function_exists($function)) {
-        $function($this->hookInfo);
-      }
-    }
     return $this->hookInfo;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.api.php b/core/modules/system/system.api.php
index 7e95a034787..d89d63b2692 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -46,21 +46,6 @@ function hook_hook_info() {
   return $hooks;
 }
 
-/**
- * Alter information from hook_hook_info().
- *
- * @param $hooks
- *   Information gathered by module_hook_info() from other modules'
- *   implementations of hook_hook_info(). Alter this array directly.
- *   See hook_hook_info() for information on what this may contain.
- */
-function hook_hook_info_alter(&$hooks) {
-  // Our module wants to completely override the core tokens, so make
-  // sure the core token hooks are not found.
-  $hooks['token_info']['group'] = 'mytokens';
-  $hooks['tokens']['group'] = 'mytokens';
-}
-
 /**
  * Define administrative paths.
  *