diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index 39acd23ba333cfd11a0c177216cf39f459c5cf27..d7f0aaa77b80e281c8604a8869ea30308cee7e3a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -710,50 +710,6 @@ void CPPEditor::createToolBar(CPPEditorEditable *editable)
     static_cast<QHBoxLayout*>(w->layout())->insertWidget(0, m_methodCombo, 1);
 }
 
-void CPPEditor::inAllRenameSelections(EditOperation operation,
-                                      const QTextEdit::ExtraSelection &currentRenameSelection,
-                                      QTextCursor cursor,
-                                      const QString &text)
-{
-    cursor.beginEditBlock();
-
-    const int startOffset = cursor.selectionStart() - currentRenameSelection.cursor.anchor();
-    const int endOffset = cursor.selectionEnd() - currentRenameSelection.cursor.anchor();
-    const int length = endOffset - startOffset;
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < m_renameSelections.size(); ++i) {
-        QTextEdit::ExtraSelection &s = m_renameSelections[i];
-        int pos = s.cursor.anchor();
-        int endPos = s.cursor.position();
-
-        s.cursor.setPosition(pos + startOffset);
-        s.cursor.setPosition(pos + endOffset, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
-
-        switch (operation) {
-        case DeletePreviousChar:
-            s.cursor.deletePreviousChar();
-            endPos -= qMax(1, length);
-            break;
-        case DeleteChar:
-            s.cursor.deleteChar();
-            endPos -= qMax(1, length);
-            break;
-        case InsertText:
-            s.cursor.insertText(text);
-            endPos += text.length() - length;
-            break;
-        }
-
-        s.cursor.setPosition(pos);
-        s.cursor.setPosition(endPos, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
-    }
-
-    cursor.endEditBlock();
-
-    setExtraSelections(CodeSemanticsSelection, m_renameSelections);
-    setTextCursor(cursor);
-}
-
 void CPPEditor::paste()
 {
     if (m_currentRenameSelection == -1) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
index 8ab0ab0c6b3b3122d2a01ed3b6f368be1547f485..b922434117ac3852601d3aa771342c26152fa60c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
@@ -266,15 +266,6 @@ private:
 
     void createToolBar(CPPEditorEditable *editable);
 
-    enum EditOperation {
-        DeleteChar,
-        DeletePreviousChar,
-        InsertText
-    };
-    void inAllRenameSelections(EditOperation operation,
-                               const QTextEdit::ExtraSelection &currentRenameSelection,
-                               QTextCursor cursor,
-                               const QString &text = QString());
     void startRename();
     void finishRename();
     void abortRename();