diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/index.js b/packages/babel-core/src/index.js
index 7df67c775b..fe616d5260 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/index.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export function Plugin(alias) {
 
 export {
   transform,
-  analyse,
   transformFromAst,
   transformFile,
   transformFileSync,
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/index.js b/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/index.js
index 1a2d1627ec..f8b833d910 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/index.js
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export default class File {
     }
 
     this.metadata = {
-      marked: [],
       modules: {
         imports: [],
         exports: {
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/index.js b/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/index.js
index a0b1db373e..b6d3de6a06 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/index.js
@@ -1,23 +1,10 @@
-/* global BabelFileResult, BabelFileMetadata */
+/* global BabelFileResult */
 import fs from "fs";
 
 import * as t from "babel-types";
 import File from "./file";
 import loadConfig from "../config";
 
-export function analyse(
-  code: string,
-  opts: Object = {},
-  visitor?: Object,
-): ?BabelFileMetadata {
-  opts.code = false;
-  if (visitor) {
-    opts.plugins = opts.plugins || [];
-    opts.plugins.push({ visitor });
-  }
-  return transform(code, opts).metadata;
-}
-
 export function transform(code: string, opts?: Object): BabelFileResult {
   const config = loadConfig(opts);
   if (config === null) return null;
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/api.js b/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
index 2be88b495a..3ca191eb44 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
@@ -103,38 +103,6 @@ describe("parser and generator options", function() {
 });
 
 describe("api", function() {
-  it("analyze", function() {
-    assert.equal(babel.analyse("foobar;").marked.length, 0);
-
-    assert.equal(
-      babel.analyse("foobar;", {
-        plugins: [
-          new Plugin({
-            visitor: {
-              Program: function(path) {
-                path.mark("category", "foobar");
-              },
-            },
-          }),
-        ],
-      }).marked[0].message,
-      "foobar",
-    );
-
-    assert.equal(
-      babel.analyse(
-        "foobar;",
-        {},
-        {
-          Program: function(path) {
-            path.mark("category", "foobar");
-          },
-        },
-      ).marked[0].message,
-      "foobar",
-    );
-  });
-
   it("exposes the resolvePlugin method", function() {
     assert.throws(
       () => babel.resolvePlugin("nonexistent-plugin"),
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.js
index 43725fc344..5c835cb1f0 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.js
@@ -126,14 +126,6 @@ export default class NodePath {
     traverse(this.node, visitor, this.scope, state, this);
   }
 
-  mark(type: string, message: string) {
-    this.hub.file.metadata.marked.push({
-      type,
-      message,
-      loc: this.node.loc,
-    });
-  }
-
   set(key: string, node: Object) {
     t.validate(this.node, key, node);
     this.node[key] = node;