diff --git a/src/atom.coffee b/src/atom.coffee
index 6fb271322..be1b3af49 100644
--- a/src/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/atom.coffee
@@ -352,10 +352,6 @@ class Atom
   getVersion: ->
     app.getVersion()
 
-  # Public: Gets the user agent of the atom instance.
-  getUserAgent: ->
-    "GitHubAtom/#{app.getVersion()}"
-
   # Public: Get the directory path to Atom's configuration area.
   #
   # Returns the absolute path to ~/.atom