Education bosses agreed that the poem which begins 'Today I am going to kill something, anything' may have an influence on youngsters.
The change came about after we reported that examiner Pat Schofield had campaigned to get the work removed f
rom the syllabus.
She said: "I am so pleased that something has been done."
Carol Ann Duffy's poem Education for Leisure is currently being taught to GCSE pupils in the Assessment and Qualification Alliance's (AQA's) Anthology - 2005 Onwards.
It contains the lines 'I am going to play God' and 'I get our bread-knife and go out'.
This caused concern among examiners and MPs during a time when Rugby Police and St. Andrew's Church launched their high profile anti-knife campaign in the town, following the fatal stabbing of Kevin Wright in May.
This week the AQA decided to remove the poem from its texts.
However, it said it will keep it in until September as some students are already halfway through the course, although the picture of a knife next to the words will be taken out.
Mrs. Schofield added: "I first raised this issue at the beginning of term and I didn't expect to get much done so quickly. It's a great success."
AQA said it had to balance the issue of knife crime and social influences with the pupils' rights to think critically and challenge important issues when it came to its decision.
