diff --git a/lib/linguist/samples.rb b/lib/linguist/samples.rb
index 3f4f7ec4..2d389443 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/samples.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/samples.rb
@@ -115,10 +115,4 @@ module Linguist
       db
     end
   end
-
-  # Used to retrieve the interpreter from the shebang line of a file's data.
-  def self.interpreter_from_shebang(data)
-    Shebang.interpreter(data)
-  end
-
 end