diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 5c6672c95b32b7550d946d0b81e21dc2b3de2e63..a579ac7dc643c4b7d6d03ebbb6d4be4e55004955 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -405,20 +405,6 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     @repository ||= Repository.new(path_with_namespace, self)
   end
 
-  def container_registry
-    return unless Gitlab.config.registry.enabled
-
-    @container_registry ||= begin
-      token = Auth::ContainerRegistryAuthenticationService.full_access_token(project)
-
-      url = Gitlab.config.registry.api_url
-      host_port = Gitlab.config.registry.host_port
-      # TODO, move configuration vars into ContainerRegistry::Registry, clean
-      # this method up afterwards
-      ContainerRegistry::Registry.new(url, token: token, path: host_port)
-    end
-  end
-
   def container_registry_url
     if Gitlab.config.registry.enabled
       "#{Gitlab.config.registry.host_port}/#{path_with_namespace.downcase}"
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index 69b7906bb4e33e8b453c59212605aa60e835d235..e4e75cc6a0946255e85b74723fefb29eeb6140f2 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -1389,25 +1389,6 @@ describe Project, models: true do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#container_registry_path_with_namespace' do
-    let(:project) { create(:empty_project, path: 'PROJECT') }
-
-    subject { project.container_registry_path_with_namespace }
-
-    it { is_expected.not_to eq(project.path_with_namespace) }
-    it { is_expected.to eq(project.path_with_namespace.downcase) }
-  end
-
-  describe '#container_registry' do
-    let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
-
-    before { stub_container_registry_config(enabled: true) }
-
-    subject { project.container_registry }
-
-    it { is_expected.not_to be_nil }
-  end
-
   describe '#container_registry_url' do
     let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
 
@@ -1417,10 +1398,8 @@ describe Project, models: true do
 
     context 'for enabled registry' do
       let(:registry_settings) do
-        {
-          enabled: true,
-          host_port: 'example.com',
-        }
+        { enabled: true,
+          host_port: 'example.com' }
       end
 
       it { is_expected.not_to be_nil }
@@ -1428,9 +1407,7 @@ describe Project, models: true do
 
     context 'for disabled registry' do
       let(:registry_settings) do
-        {
-          enabled: false
-        }
+        { enabled: false }
       end
 
       it { is_expected.to be_nil }