diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
index bf93482e41eee815c1f941c9c3c6f477c9dd1b67..486c995d18e1bf016dc065b0a741acd16871c82b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -169,14 +169,6 @@ QString Qt4BuildConfiguration::defaultMakeTarget() const
     return QString::null;
 }
 
-QString Qt4BuildConfiguration::qtDir() const
-{
-    QtVersion *version = qtVersion();
-    if (version)
-        return version->versionInfo().value("QT_INSTALL_DATA");
-    return QString::null;
-}
-
 QtVersion *Qt4BuildConfiguration::qtVersion() const
 {
     return QtVersionManager::instance()->version(qtVersionId());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h
index efa57bd37ab1ce43eb5e6fcfcb2e43640a0797fa..8769731d87e2b4c25f44332576f36a73b6d5a96c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ public:
 
     virtual QString buildDirectory() const;
 
-    // returns the qtdir (depends on the current QtVersion)
-    QString qtDir() const;
     //returns the qtVersion, if the project is set to use the default qt version, then
     // that is returned
     // to check wheter the project uses the default qt version use qtVersionId