diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.cpp
index 8d76ba363df..478af930f92 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.cpp
@@ -305,23 +305,3 @@ void PPC32RegisterInfo::emitEpilogue(MachineFunction &MF,
 
 #include "PPC32GenRegisterInfo.inc"
 
-const TargetRegisterClass*
-PPC32RegisterInfo::getRegClassForType(const Type* Ty) const {
-  switch (Ty->getTypeID()) {
-    default:              assert(0 && "Invalid type to getClass!");
-    case Type::LongTyID:
-    case Type::ULongTyID: assert(0 && "Long values can't fit in registers!");
-    case Type::BoolTyID:
-    case Type::SByteTyID:
-    case Type::UByteTyID:
-    case Type::ShortTyID:
-    case Type::UShortTyID:
-    case Type::IntTyID:
-    case Type::UIntTyID:
-    case Type::PointerTyID: return &GPRCInstance;
-
-    case Type::FloatTyID:
-    case Type::DoubleTyID: return &FPRCInstance;
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.h b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.h
index cc70114a39e..442eae26935 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.h
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class PPC32RegisterInfo : public PPC32GenRegisterInfo {
   std::map<unsigned, unsigned> ImmToIdxMap;
 public:
   PPC32RegisterInfo();
-  const TargetRegisterClass* getRegClassForType(const Type* Ty) const;
 
   /// Code Generation virtual methods...
   void storeRegToStackSlot(MachineBasicBlock &MBB,