diff --git a/lib/cmdlib.py b/lib/cmdlib.py
index 760f7d70d65c06127e5ef1526d6a1404cc89c572..1b569857ad2540761f90b4c4244a66d679eb7a74 100644
--- a/lib/cmdlib.py
+++ b/lib/cmdlib.py
@@ -164,14 +164,6 @@ class NoHooksLU(LogicalUnit):
   HPATH = None
   HTYPE = None
 
-  def BuildHooksEnv(self):
-    """Build hooks env.
-
-    This is a no-op, since we don't run hooks.
-
-    """
-    return {}, [], []
-
 
 def _AddHostToEtcHosts(hostname):
   """Wrapper around utils.SetEtcHostsEntry.