diff --git a/lib/linguist/lazy_blob.rb b/lib/linguist/lazy_blob.rb
index 807312f9..9db67c76 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/lazy_blob.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/lazy_blob.rb
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ module Linguist
       end
     end
 
-    def generated?
-      if attr = git_attributes['linguist-generated']
-        return boolean_attribute(attr)
-      else
-        return super
-      end
-    end
-
     def language
       return @language if defined?(@language)
 
diff --git a/test/test_repository.rb b/test/test_repository.rb
index 9cd54598..8e10e9b6 100644
--- a/test/test_repository.rb
+++ b/test/test_repository.rb
@@ -68,16 +68,6 @@ class TestRepository < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !repo.breakdown_by_file["Ruby"].empty?
   end
 
-  def test_linguist_override_generated?
-    attr_commit = '351c1cc8fd57340839bdb400d7812332af80e9bd'
-    linguist_repo(attr_commit).read_index
-
-    file = Linguist::LazyBlob.new(rugged_repository, attr_commit, 'Rakefile')
-
-    # overridden in .gitattributes
-    assert file.generated?
-  end
-
   def test_linguist_override_vendored?
     attr_commit = '351c1cc8fd57340839bdb400d7812332af80e9bd'
     repo = linguist_repo(attr_commit).read_index