diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux.inc
index e81d0ca..51231db 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux.inc
@@ -179,10 +179,3 @@ do_install_append() {
 
 PACKAGES =+ "kernel-headers"
 FILES_kernel-headers = "${exec_prefix}/src/linux*"
-
-do_savedefconfig() {
-       oe_runmake savedefconfig
-}
-
-addtask savedefconfig after do_configure
-