diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/pluginfilefactory.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/pluginfilefactory.h
index 78d2508294619e713ad49c23db21ee7590cbcd91..2609da24cd41b994d38678b8ab5ec804fe3b8cb1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/pluginfilefactory.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/pluginfilefactory.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class ProjectFileFactory : public Core::IDocumentFactory
 
 public:
     virtual QStringList mimeTypes() const;
-    bool canOpen(const QString &fileName);
     Core::Id id() const;
     QString displayName() const;