diff --git a/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitView.m b/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitView.m
index aa5d78b..5b64557 100644
--- a/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitView.m
+++ b/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitView.m
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ - (void)_setupView
     // on the iPad in landscape width is 20 and height is 1024 :)
     CGFloat statusBarHeight = MIN(CGRectGetHeight(statusBarFrame), CGRectGetWidth(statusBarFrame));
 
-    NSDictionary *metrics = @{@"spacing": [FSPanesSplitViewController isRunningIOS6] ? @0 : @(statusBarHeight)};
+    NSDictionary *metrics = @{@"spacing": @(statusBarHeight)};
     [self addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"|[content]|"
                                                                  options:0
                                                                  metrics:metrics
diff --git a/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitViewController.h b/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitViewController.h
index 0d3bf59..4b93388 100644
--- a/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitViewController.h
+++ b/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitViewController.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 @interface FSPanesSplitViewController : UIViewController
 
-+ (BOOL)isRunningIOS6;
-
 /**
  View class used by controller. Defaults to `[FSPanesSplitView class]`.
  Subclasses may override this method to return their custom view classes.
diff --git a/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitViewController.m b/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitViewController.m
index a8954b6..b87dd8b 100644
--- a/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitViewController.m
+++ b/src/FSPanes/FSPanesSplitView/FSPanesSplitViewController.m
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ @implementation FSPanesSplitViewController
 @synthesize panesMenuViewController = _panesMenuViewController;
 @synthesize panesNavigationController = _panesNavigationController;
 
-+ (BOOL)isRunningIOS6
-{
-    static NSUInteger _deviceSystemMajorVersion = -1;
-    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
-    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
-        _deviceSystemMajorVersion = [[[[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] componentsSeparatedByString:@"."] objectAtIndex:0] intValue];
-    });
-    return _deviceSystemMajorVersion < 7;
-}
-
 - (NSUInteger)selectedIndex
 {
     return [self.panesMenuViewController.menuDataSource indexOfViewController:self.panesNavigationController.rootViewController];