diff --git a/profile/public/nsIProfile.idl b/profile/public/nsIProfile.idl
index 658f0e26bc9f..a6d093271759 100644
--- a/profile/public/nsIProfile.idl
+++ b/profile/public/nsIProfile.idl
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ interface nsIProfile : nsISupports {
 
     // eventually we need to depricate getCurrentProfileDir
     [noscript] void getCurrentProfileDir(in nsFileSpec profileDir);
-    nsIFileSpec getCurrentProfileDirFromJS();
 
     [noscript] void setProfileDir(in string profileName,
                                   in nsFileSpecRef profileDir);
diff --git a/profile/src/nsProfile.cpp b/profile/src/nsProfile.cpp
index 13fffa04915a..4d200bc02701 100644
--- a/profile/src/nsProfile.cpp
+++ b/profile/src/nsProfile.cpp
@@ -846,19 +846,6 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsProfile::GetFirstProfile(char **profileName)
 }
 
 
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsProfile::GetCurrentProfileDirFromJS(nsIFileSpec **spec)
-{
-        nsresult rv;
-        nsFileSpec dir;
-
-        rv = GetCurrentProfileDir(&dir);
-        if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
-
-        rv = NS_NewFileSpecWithSpec(dir, spec);
-        return rv;
-}                  
-
 // Returns the name of the current profile i.e., the last used profile
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsProfile::GetCurrentProfile(char **profileName)