diff --git a/meta/classes/task.bbclass b/meta/classes/task.bbclass
deleted file mode 100644
index 28db50008f..0000000000
--- a/meta/classes/task.bbclass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-python __anonymous() {
-    bb.warn("%s: task.bbclass is deprecated, please inherit packagegroup instead" % d.getVar("PN", True))
-}
-
-inherit packagegroup
-