diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.cpp
index 84fcc783e034c0f041e167917b59680dd5bae624..182eff9c2df23fce78c6cb30e5c16684e2c1da92 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.cpp
@@ -392,10 +392,6 @@ void DebuggerRunControl::setCustomEnvironment(ProjectExplorer::Environment env)
     m_engine->startParameters().environment = env.toStringList();
 }
 
-void DebuggerRunControl::init()
-{
-}
-
 bool DebuggerRunControl::checkDebugConfiguration(int toolChain,
                                               QString *errorMessage,
                                               QString *settingsCategory /* = 0 */,
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.h b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.h
index fafe9eff26dc33d86d120b3b22882bb83c7f766a..f4a13052ed742327fd7d182b7d37ad840e923c72 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.h
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ private slots:
     void handleFinished();
 
 private:
-    void init();
-
     DebuggerEngineType engineForExecutable(const QString &executable);
     DebuggerEngineType engineForMode(DebuggerStartMode mode);