diff --git a/core/control/RootURLController.php b/core/control/RootURLController.php
index 0e356ad96..8acd246e6 100755
--- a/core/control/RootURLController.php
+++ b/core/control/RootURLController.php
@@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ class RootURLController extends Controller {
 		self::$cached_homepage_link = null;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated 2.4 Use {@link RootURLController::get_homepage_link()}
-	 */
-	public static function get_homepage_urlsegment() {
-		user_error (
-			'RootURLController::get_homepage_urlsegment() is deprecated, please use get_homepage_link()', E_USER_NOTICE
-		);
-		
-		return self::get_homepage_link();
-	}
-	
 	/**
 	 * @param SS_HTTPRequest $request
 	 * @return SS_HTTPResponse