diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/model/ICDITarget.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/model/ICDITarget.java
index b858bfbb3fc..e5069e4ae82 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/model/ICDITarget.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/model/ICDITarget.java
@@ -75,15 +75,6 @@ public interface ICDITarget extends ICDIObject {
 	 */
 	ICDIRegister[] getRegisters(ICDIRegisterObject[] regObjects) throws CDIException;
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns a collection of global variables associated with 
-	 * this target.
-	 * 
-	 * @return a collection of global variables 
-	 * @throws CDIException if this method fails.  Reasons include:
-	 */
-	ICDIGlobalVariable[] getGlobalVariables() throws CDIException;
-
 	/**
 	 * Evaluates the expression specified by the given string.
 	 * Returns the evaluation result as a String.