diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h b/Code/Mantid/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
index 7fd04e4e306b6f36137019a3aa5bb704e954db57..a5cc274930355029cf652018e2f96d5756be26bd 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 		std::string getOSArchitecture();
 		std::string getOSVersion();	
 		std::string getCurrentDir();
-		std::string getHomeDir();
 		std::string getTempDir();
 
 	private:
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
index f226f20864dfe8e75c0867cbfc769346b00fe9c7..5f6ee1fea5396fb67ddd1eb82b9ad409e011cd41 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
@@ -184,16 +184,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 	{
 		return m_pSysConfig->getString("system.currentDir");
 	}
-	  
-  /** Gets the absolute path of the home directory 
-   *
-   * @returns The absolute path of the home directory 
-   */
-	std::string ConfigServiceImpl::getHomeDir()
-	{
-		return m_pSysConfig->getString("system.homeDir");
-	}
-	
+	  	
   /** Gets the absolute path of the temp directory 
    *
    * @returns The absolute path of the temp directory 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
index 7eb695064bcd9227eaf76f492b290dbf466b653a..07451886e57cb8567a4b3cf160adc96d9d2250a7 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
 	  TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN(0, osCompName.length()); //check that the string is not empty
 	  TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN(0, ConfigService::Instance().getOSVersion().length()); //check that the string is not empty
 	  TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN(0, ConfigService::Instance().getCurrentDir().length()); //check that the string is not empty
-	  TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN(0, ConfigService::Instance().getHomeDir().length()); //check that the string is not empty
+//	  TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN(0, ConfigService::Instance().getHomeDir().length()); //check that the string is not empty
 	  TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN(0, ConfigService::Instance().getTempDir().length()); //check that the string is not empty
   }