diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
index 0dcd0f93a59b6ed65ecfd7b1dd0a6e77ca876636..91b59d24da0838df0edea9d09d18385fc443debb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
@@ -888,30 +888,6 @@ bool QmlJSTextEditorWidget::hideContextPane()
     return b;
 }
 
-QVector<TextEditor::TextStyle> QmlJSTextEditorWidget::highlighterFormatCategories()
-{
-    /*
-        NumberFormat,
-        StringFormat,
-        TypeFormat,
-        KeywordFormat,
-        LabelFormat,
-        CommentFormat,
-        VisualWhitespace,
-     */
-    static QVector<TextEditor::TextStyle> categories;
-    if (categories.isEmpty()) {
-        categories << TextEditor::C_NUMBER
-                << TextEditor::C_STRING
-                << TextEditor::C_TYPE
-                << TextEditor::C_KEYWORD
-                << TextEditor::C_FIELD
-                << TextEditor::C_COMMENT
-                << TextEditor::C_VISUAL_WHITESPACE;
-    }
-    return categories;
-}
-
 TextEditor::IAssistInterface *QmlJSTextEditorWidget::createAssistInterface(
     TextEditor::AssistKind assistKind,
     TextEditor::AssistReason reason) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h
index e93d564094ca66f8bc175f91bfcbb4a2e87b9382..cb18257db7625157b12a9cdb640b0f9bd69c01d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ public:
 
     QModelIndex outlineModelIndex();
 
-    static QVector<TextEditor::TextStyle> highlighterFormatCategories();
-
     TextEditor::IAssistInterface *createAssistInterface(TextEditor::AssistKind assistKind,
                                                         TextEditor::AssistReason reason) const;
 public slots: