diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 11ca09668e0..ec40def6fb1 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -609,10 +609,6 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     Gitlab::Routing.url_helpers.namespace_project_url(self.namespace, self)
   end
 
-  def web_url_without_protocol
-    web_url.split('://')[1]
-  end
-
   def new_issue_address(author)
     return unless Gitlab::IncomingEmail.supports_issue_creation? && author
 
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index fb225eb7625..3ec7bb46686 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -362,14 +362,6 @@ describe Project, models: true do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#web_url_without_protocol" do
-    let(:project) { create(:empty_project, path: "somewhere") }
-
-    it 'returns the web URL without the protocol for this repo' do
-      expect(project.web_url_without_protocol).to eq("#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.url.split('://')[1]}/#{project.namespace.path}/somewhere")
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "#new_issue_address" do
     let(:project) { create(:empty_project, path: "somewhere") }
     let(:user) { create(:user) }