diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/instances/graphicsscenenodeinstance.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/instances/graphicsscenenodeinstance.cpp
index aa5fdb38879a870ee142af685cde246e2b2364af..b19bfe60b82ac36ed9619156ec4bb948c3b84331 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/instances/graphicsscenenodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/instances/graphicsscenenodeinstance.cpp
@@ -122,35 +122,5 @@ void GraphicsSceneNodeInstance::setVisible(bool /*isVisible*/)
 }
 
 
-QList<NodeInstance> GraphicsSceneNodeInstance::instancesInRegions(const QList<QRectF> &regions)
-{
-    QRectF combinedRect;
-    foreach (const QRectF &rect, regions) {
-        combinedRect = combinedRect.united(rect);
-    }
-
-    QList<QGraphicsItem*> itemList;
-    // collect list of possibly changed items
-    // (actually QGraphicsScene could export this)
-
-    foreach (QGraphicsItem *item, graphicsScene()->items(combinedRect.adjusted(0, 0, 1, 1), Qt::ContainsItemBoundingRect)) {
-        if (!itemList.contains(item))
-            itemList.append(item);
-    }
-
-    QList<NodeInstance> instances;
-    if (!itemList.isEmpty()) {
-        foreach (const NodeInstance &nodeInstance, nodeInstanceView()->instances()) {
-            foreach (QGraphicsItem *gvItem, itemList) {
-                if (nodeInstance.equalGraphicsItem(gvItem)) {
-                    instances += nodeInstance;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return instances;
-}
-
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/instances/graphicsscenenodeinstance.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/instances/graphicsscenenodeinstance.h
index 6e0489c4490d9aacd1b507123d78709ad0aed9f5..fb2335e9f15098bfd2cab317f2790f97888e555e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/instances/graphicsscenenodeinstance.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/instances/graphicsscenenodeinstance.h
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ public:
     bool isVisible() const;
     void setVisible(bool isVisible);
 
-    QList<NodeInstance> instancesInRegions(const QList<QRectF> &region);
-
 protected:
     GraphicsSceneNodeInstance(QGraphicsScene *scene);
     QGraphicsScene *graphicsScene() const;