diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
index 36438ccc784..a9787987611 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
@@ -481,17 +481,6 @@ pub fn commit_date_str() -> Option<&'static str> {
     option_env!("CFG_VER_DATE")
 }
 
-/// Returns a stage string, such as "stage0".
-pub fn stage_str() -> Option<&'static str> {
-    if cfg!(stage0) {
-        Some("stage0")
-    } else if cfg!(stage1) {
-        Some("stage1")
-    } else {
-        None
-    }
-}
-
 /// Prints version information
 pub fn version(binary: &str, matches: &getopts::Matches) {
     let verbose = matches.opt_present("verbose");
@@ -504,9 +493,6 @@ pub fn version(binary: &str, matches: &getopts::Matches) {
         println!("commit-date: {}", unw(commit_date_str()));
         println!("host: {}", config::host_triple());
         println!("release: {}", unw(release_str()));
-        if let Some(stage) = stage_str() {
-            println!("stage: {}", stage);
-        }
     }
 }