1 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/backward.py b/coverage/backward.py
index 8237d01..a0dc902 100644
--- a/coverage/backward.py
+++ b/coverage/backward.py
@@ -45,23 +45,6 @@ else:
         """Produce the items from dict `d`."""
         return d.iteritems()
 
-# Exec is a statement in Py2, a function in Py3
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
-    def exec_code_object(code, global_map):
-        """A wrapper around exec()."""
-        exec(code, global_map)
-else:
-    # OK, this is pretty gross.  In Py2, exec was a statement, but that will
-    # be a syntax error if we try to put it in a Py3 file, even if it is never
-    # executed.  So hide it inside an evaluated string literal instead.
-    eval(
-        compile(
-            "def exec_code_object(code, global_map):\n"
-            "    exec code in global_map\n",
-            "<exec_function>", "exec"
-            )
-        )
-
 # Reading Python source and interpreting the coding comment is a big deal.
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
     # Python 3.2 provides `tokenize.open`, the best way to open source files.