diff --git a/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_utilities.py b/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_utilities.py
index af4c5633389f..321de89fabbe 100644
--- a/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_utilities.py
+++ b/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_utilities.py
@@ -314,16 +314,3 @@ def getRepoUrl(text):
         return "https://framagit.org/freecad-france/mooc-workbench"
     print("Debug: addonmanager_utilities.getRepoUrl: Unkable to find repo:",text)
     return None
-
-
-def checkGitBinary():
-
-    "Checks if Git binary is available"
-
-    import platform
-    import distutils.spawn
-    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
-        git_exe = distutils.spawn.find_executable("git.exe")
-    else: #Linux or Mac
-        git_exe = 'git'
-    return git_exe