diff --git a/tasks.c b/tasks.c
index 643aeca8d..8dd539be4 100644
--- a/tasks.c
+++ b/tasks.c
@@ -2757,21 +2757,6 @@ static BaseType_t prvCreateIdleTasks( void )
     return xReturn;
 }
 
-void vTaskStartScheduler( void )
-{
-    BaseType_t xReturn;
-
-    #if ( configUSE_TIMERS == 1 )
-        {
-            xReturn = xTimerCreateTimerTask();
-        }
-    #endif /* configUSE_TIMERS */
-
-    xReturn = prvCreateIdleTasks();
-
-    return xReturn;
-}
-
 void vTaskStartScheduler( void )
 {
     BaseType_t xReturn;
@@ -4234,11 +4219,6 @@ void vTaskMissedYield( void )
  * The MinimalIdle task.
  * ----------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * The portTASK_FUNCTION() macro is used to allow port/compiler specific
- * language extensions.  The equivalent prototype for this function is:
- *
- * void prvMinimalIdleTask( void *pvParameters );
- *
  * The minimal idle task is used for all the additional Cores in a SMP system.
  * There must be only 1 idle task and the rest are minimal idle tasks.
  *