1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/source.rb b/lib/rubygems/source.rb
index 8f39cb1464..96d57870e2 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/source.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/source.rb
@@ -141,14 +141,4 @@ class Gem::Source
     fetcher = Gem::RemoteFetcher.fetcher
     fetcher.download spec, @uri.to_s, dir
   end
-
-  ##
-  # Replaces the URI for this source with +uri+.  Used for upgrading this
-  # source to HTTPS
-
-  def uri= uri # :nodoc:
-    @api_uri = nil
-    @uri     = uri
-  end
-
 end