diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocument.cpp
index 55416636d2831f742b2d315adc6adaa84273f097..7dcc046082e864620187efcbccd370c46489c9de 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocument.cpp
@@ -135,11 +135,7 @@ bool BaseTextDocument::isReadOnly() const
         return true;
     if (m_fileName.isEmpty()) //have no corresponding file, so editing is ok
         return false;
-
-    const QFileInfo fi(m_fileName);
-
     return m_fileIsReadOnly;
-
 }
 
 bool BaseTextDocument::isModified() const