diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Types_Ps1Xml.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Types_Ps1Xml.cs
index 15b32d1d312..0103c2df6ef 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Types_Ps1Xml.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Types_Ps1Xml.cs
@@ -1089,31 +1089,8 @@ public static IEnumerable<TypeData> Get()
           $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
           try
           {
-          if ($psversiontable.psversion.Major -lt 3)
-          {
-          # ok to cast CommandTypes enum to HelpCategory because string/identifier for
-          # cmdlet,function,filter,alias,externalscript is identical.
-          # it is ok to fail for other enum values (i.e. for Application)
-          $commandName = $this.Name
-          if ($this.ModuleName)
-          {
-          $commandName = ""{0}\{1}"" -f $this.ModuleName,$commandName
-          }
-
-          $helpObject = get-help -Name $commandName -Category ([string]($this.CommandType)) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-
-          # return first non-null uri (and try not to hit any strict mode things)
-          if ($null -eq $helpObject) { return $null }
-          if ($null -eq $helpObject.psobject.properties['relatedLinks']) { return $null }
-          if ($null -eq $helpObject.relatedLinks.psobject.properties['navigationLink']) { return $null }
-          $helpUri = [string]$( $helpObject.relatedLinks.navigationLink | ForEach-Object { if ($null -ne $_.psobject.properties['uri']) { $_.uri } } | Where-Object { $_ } | Select-Object -first 1 )
-          return $helpUri
-          }
-          else
-          {
           [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHelpCodeMethods]::GetHelpUri($this)
           }
-          }
           catch {}
           finally
           {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/HostUtilities.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/HostUtilities.cs
index ba45255b755..e5f8688bae4 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/HostUtilities.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/HostUtilities.cs
@@ -943,11 +943,6 @@ public static Collection<PSObject> InvokeOnRunspace(PSCommand command, Runspace
                 [string] $PSEditFunction
             )
 
-            if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -lt ([version] '3.0'))
-            {
-                throw (new-object System.NotSupportedException)
-            }
-
             Register-EngineEvent -SourceIdentifier PSISERemoteSessionOpenFile -Forward
 
             if ((Test-Path -Path 'function:\global:PSEdit') -eq $false)
@@ -960,11 +955,6 @@ public static Collection<PSObject> InvokeOnRunspace(PSCommand command, Runspace
         /// RemovePSEditFunction script string.
         /// </summary>
         public const string RemovePSEditFunction = @"
-            if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -lt ([version] '3.0'))
-            {
-                throw (new-object System.NotSupportedException)
-            }
-
             if ((Test-Path -Path 'function:\global:PSEdit') -eq $true)
             {
                 Remove-Item -Path 'function:\global:PSEdit' -Force