diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/JUtil.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/JUtil.kt
index 1d615d2b926..4b76a5ebeea 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/JUtil.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/JUtil.kt
@@ -88,24 +88,6 @@ public fun <T> Collection<T>?.orEmpty(): Collection<T> = this ?: stdlib_emptyLis
 /** Returns the List if its not null otherwise returns the empty list */
 public fun <T> List<T>?.orEmpty(): List<T> = this ?: stdlib_emptyList()
 
-/**
-TODO figure out necessary variance/generics ninja stuff... :)
-public inline fun <in T> List<T>.sort(transform: fun(T) : java.lang.Comparable<*>) : List<T> {
-val comparator = java.util.Comparator<T>() {
-public fun compare(o1: T, o2: T): Int {
-val v1 = transform(o1)
-val v2 = transform(o2)
-if (v1 == v2) {
-return 0
-} else {
-return v1.compareTo(v2)
-}
-}
-}
-answer.sort(comparator)
-}
- */
-
 /**
  * Returns the first item in the list or null if the list is empty
  *