diff --git a/src/liballoc/tests/vec.rs b/src/liballoc/tests/vec.rs
index 3d76324f7e880..78aa41d24a717 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/tests/vec.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/tests/vec.rs
@@ -131,21 +131,6 @@ fn test_extend_ref() {
     assert_eq!(v, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]);
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_remove_item() {
-    let mut v = vec![1, 2, 3];
-    v.remove_item(&1);
-
-    assert_eq!(v.len(), 2);
-    assert_eq!(v, [2, 3]);
-
-    let mut w = vec![1, 2, 3];
-    w.remove_item(&4);
-
-    assert_eq!(w.len(), 3);
-    w.remove_item(&4);
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_slice_from_mut() {
     let mut values = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
diff --git a/src/liballoc/vec.rs b/src/liballoc/vec.rs
index cbfbf4d1cd32d..d279a7dc11285 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/vec.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/vec.rs
@@ -1752,29 +1752,6 @@ impl<T: PartialEq> Vec<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T> Vec<T> {
-    /// Removes the first instance of `item` from the vector if the item exists.
-    ///
-    /// # Examples
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// # #![feature(vec_remove_item)]
-    /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 1];
-    ///
-    /// vec.remove_item(&1);
-    ///
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![2, 3, 1]);
-    /// ```
-    #[unstable(feature = "vec_remove_item", reason = "recently added", issue = "40062")]
-    pub fn remove_item<V>(&mut self, item: &V) -> Option<T>
-    where
-        T: PartialEq<V>,
-    {
-        let pos = self.iter().position(|x| *x == *item)?;
-        Some(self.remove(pos))
-    }
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Internal methods and functions
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////