diff --git a/src/Fixer/Import/NoUnusedImportsFixer.php b/src/Fixer/Import/NoUnusedImportsFixer.php
index 9bd36842fc2..b860009c0b5 100644
--- a/src/Fixer/Import/NoUnusedImportsFixer.php
+++ b/src/Fixer/Import/NoUnusedImportsFixer.php
@@ -56,26 +56,6 @@ public function isCandidate(Tokens $tokens)
         return $tokens->isTokenKindFound(T_USE);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function supports(\SplFileInfo $file)
-    {
-        $path = $file->getPathname();
-
-        /*
-         * @deprecated this exception will be removed on 3.0
-         * some fixtures are auto-generated by Symfony and may contain unused use statements
-         */
-        if (false !== strpos($path, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'Fixtures'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)
-            && false === strpos($path, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'tests'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'Fixtures'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)
-        ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */