diff --git a/core/Archive.php b/core/Archive.php
index a5d6c2960907e9638200258e950be130339eb39b..097ed9024d907218fefd0a8dde536a4b7cd15374 100644
--- a/core/Archive.php
+++ b/core/Archive.php
@@ -298,36 +298,6 @@ class Archive
         return $result;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Queries and returns blob data in an array.
-     *
-     * Reports are stored in blobs as serialized arrays of {@link DataTable\Row} instances, but this
-     * data can technically be anything. In other words, you can store whatever you want
-     * as archive data blobs.
-     *
-     * If multiple sites were requested in {@link build()} or {@link factory()} the result will
-     * be indexed by site ID.
-     *
-     * If multiple periods were requested in {@link build()} or {@link factory()} the result will
-     * be indexed by period.
-     *
-     * The site ID index is always first, so if multiple sites & periods were requested, the result
-     * will be indexed by site ID first, then period.
-     *
-     * @param string|array $names One or more archive names, eg, `'Referrers_keywordBySearchEngine'`.
-     * @param null|string $idSubtable If we're returning serialized DataTable data, then this refers
-     *                                to the subtable ID to return. If set to 'all', all subtables
-     *                                of each requested report are returned.
-     * @return array An array of appropriately indexed blob data.
-     *
-     * @deprecated since Piwik 2.12. Use one of the getDatable* methods instead.
-     */
-    public function getBlob($names, $idSubtable = null)
-    {
-        $data = $this->get($names, 'blob', $idSubtable);
-        return $data->getIndexedArray($this->getResultIndices());
-    }
-
     /**
      * Queries and returns metric data in a DataTable instance.
      *
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/System/OneVisitorTwoVisitsTest.php b/tests/PHPUnit/System/OneVisitorTwoVisitsTest.php
index 8ca82598466472cffe9b3b487e8b131dcf8e02d2..9aed096e77025619bfbc1864a84e7a57729174db 100755
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/System/OneVisitorTwoVisitsTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/System/OneVisitorTwoVisitsTest.php
@@ -193,28 +193,6 @@ class OneVisitorTwoVisitsTest extends SystemTestCase
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Test that Archive::getBlob won't fetch extra unnecessary blobs.
-     */
-    public function testArchiveSingleGetBlob()
-    {
-        $archive = Archive::build(self::$fixture->idSite, 'day', self::$fixture->dateTime);
-        $cache = $archive->getBlob('Actions_actions', 'all');
-
-        $foundSubtable = false;
-
-        $this->assertTrue(count($cache) > 0, "empty blob cache");
-        foreach ($cache as $name => $value) {
-            $this->assertTrue(strpos($name, "Actions_actions_url") === false, "found blob w/ name '$name'");
-
-            if (strpos($name, "Actions_actions_") !== false) {
-                $foundSubtable = true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        $this->assertTrue($foundSubtable, "Actions_actions subtable was not loaded");
-    }
-
     /**
      * Test that restricting the number of sites to those viewable to another login
      * works when building an archive query object.