remove unnecessarily specific extract_module_locals_above

IPython/__init__.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 b' from .core.error import TryNext'
 from .core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
 from .testing import test
 from .utils.sysinfo import sys_info
-from .utils.frame import extract_module_locals_above
+from .utils.frame import extract_module_locals
 
 # Release data
 __author__ = ''
@@ -60,7 +60,7 b' __version__ = release.version'
 
 def embed_kernel(module=None, local_ns=None):
     """Call this to embed an IPython kernel at the current point in your program. """
-    (caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals_above()
+    (caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals(1)
     if module is None:
         module = caller_module
     if local_ns is None:

IPython/utils/frame.py

@@ -92,9 +92,3 b' def extract_module_locals(depth=0):'
     module = sys.modules[global_ns['__name__']]
     return (module, f.f_locals)
 
-def extract_module_locals_above():
-    """Returns (module, locals) of the funciton calling the caller.
-    Like extract_module_locals() with a specified depth of 1."""
-    # we're one frame away from the target, the function we call would be two frames away
-    return extract_module_locals(1 + 1)
-