diff --git a/getKernelVersion_darwin.go b/getKernelVersion_darwin.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fce282716..0000000000
--- a/getKernelVersion_darwin.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-package docker
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
-)
-
-func getKernelVersion() (*utils.KernelVersionInfo, error) {
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Kernel version detection is not available on darwin")
-}
diff --git a/getKernelVersion_linux.go b/getKernelVersion_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f9c7db70c..0000000000
--- a/getKernelVersion_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-package docker
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"syscall"
-)
-
-// FIXME: Move this to utils package
-func getKernelVersion() (*utils.KernelVersionInfo, error) {
-	var (
-		uts                  syscall.Utsname
-		flavor               string
-		kernel, major, minor int
-		err                  error
-	)
-
-	if err := syscall.Uname(&uts); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	release := make([]byte, len(uts.Release))
-
-	i := 0
-	for _, c := range uts.Release {
-		release[i] = byte(c)
-		i++
-	}
-
-	// Remove the \x00 from the release for Atoi to parse correctly
-	release = release[:bytes.IndexByte(release, 0)]
-
-	tmp := strings.SplitN(string(release), "-", 2)
-	tmp2 := strings.SplitN(tmp[0], ".", 3)
-
-	if len(tmp2) > 0 {
-		kernel, err = strconv.Atoi(tmp2[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(tmp2) > 1 {
-		major, err = strconv.Atoi(tmp2[1])
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(tmp2) > 2 {
-		minor, err = strconv.Atoi(tmp2[2])
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(tmp) == 2 {
-		flavor = tmp[1]
-	} else {
-		flavor = ""
-	}
-
-	return &utils.KernelVersionInfo{
-		Kernel: kernel,
-		Major:  major,
-		Minor:  minor,
-		Flavor: flavor,
-	}, nil
-}