diff --git a/spec/project-spec.coffee b/spec/project-spec.coffee
index 652b36400..a883ccbe4 100644
--- a/spec/project-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/project-spec.coffee
@@ -280,76 +280,6 @@ describe "Project", ->
         expect(project.getPath()?).toBeFalsy()
         expect(project.getRootDirectory()?).toBeFalsy()
 
-  describe ".getFilePaths()", ->
-    it "returns file paths using a promise", ->
-      paths = null
-      waitsForPromise ->
-        project.getFilePaths().done (foundPaths) -> paths = foundPaths
-
-      runs ->
-        expect(paths.length).toBeGreaterThan 0
-
-    it "ignores files that return true from atom.ignorePath(path)", ->
-      spyOn(project, 'isPathIgnored').andCallFake (filePath) -> path.basename(filePath).match /a$/
-
-      paths = null
-      waitsForPromise ->
-        project.getFilePaths().done (foundPaths) -> paths = foundPaths
-
-      runs ->
-        expect(paths).not.toContain(project.resolve('a'))
-        expect(paths).toContain(project.resolve('b'))
-
-    describe "when config.core.hideGitIgnoredFiles is true", ->
-      it "ignores files that are present in .gitignore if the project is a git repo", ->
-        config.set "core.hideGitIgnoredFiles", true
-        project.setPath(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'git', 'working-dir'))
-        paths = null
-        waitsForPromise ->
-          project.getFilePaths().done (foundPaths) -> paths = foundPaths
-
-        runs ->
-          expect(paths).not.toContain('ignored.txt')
-
-    describe "ignored file name", ->
-      ignoredFile = null
-
-      beforeEach ->
-        ignoredFile = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'dir', 'ignored.txt')
-        fs.writeSync(ignoredFile, "")
-
-      afterEach ->
-        fs.remove(ignoredFile)
-
-      it "ignores ignored.txt file", ->
-        paths = null
-        config.pushAtKeyPath("core.ignoredNames", "ignored.txt")
-        waitsForPromise ->
-          project.getFilePaths().done (foundPaths) -> paths = foundPaths
-
-        runs ->
-          expect(paths).not.toContain('ignored.txt')
-
-    describe "ignored folder name", ->
-      ignoredFile = null
-
-      beforeEach ->
-        ignoredFile = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'dir', 'ignored', 'ignored.txt')
-        fs.writeSync(ignoredFile, "")
-
-      afterEach ->
-        fs.remove(ignoredFile)
-
-      it "ignores ignored folder", ->
-        paths = null
-        config.get("core.ignoredNames").push("ignored.txt")
-        config.set("core.ignoredNames", config.get("core.ignoredNames"))
-        waitsForPromise ->
-          project.getFilePaths().done (foundPaths) -> paths = foundPaths
-
-        runs ->
-          expect(paths).not.toContain('ignored/ignored.txt')
-
   describe ".scan(options, callback)", ->
     describe "when called with a regex", ->
       it "calls the callback with all regex results in all files in the project", ->
diff --git a/src/project.coffee b/src/project.coffee
index a3c2feae7..8c9688a6e 100644
--- a/src/project.coffee
+++ b/src/project.coffee
@@ -132,19 +132,6 @@ class Project
   getRootDirectory: ->
     @rootDirectory
 
-  # Public: Fetches the name of every file (that's not `git ignore`d) in the
-  # project.
-  #
-  # Returns an {Array} of {String}s.
-  getFilePaths: ->
-    deferred = $.Deferred()
-    paths = []
-    onFile = (path) => paths.push(path) unless @isPathIgnored(path)
-    onDirectory = -> true
-    fsUtils.traverseTreeSync(@getPath(), onFile, onDirectory)
-    deferred.resolve(paths)
-    deferred.promise()
-
   # Public: Determines if a path is ignored via Atom configuration.
   isPathIgnored: (path) ->
     for segment in path.split("/")