diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
index b0937403772f3c43d7d4510eb6521105b58a53c9..a572de94e8c09de3918efb02f64cfc7e86e60dd3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
@@ -207,11 +207,6 @@ ProjectExplorer::Project* Qt4Manager::openProject(const QString &fileName)
     return pro;
 }
 
-Qt4Project * Qt4Manager::createEmptyProject(const QString &path)
-{
-    return new Qt4Project(this, path);
-}
-
 ProjectExplorer::ProjectExplorerPlugin *Qt4Manager::projectExplorer() const
 {
     return ProjectExplorer::ProjectExplorerPlugin::instance();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.h
index 880419d6e3b2c88f0578e35f94671281a6d58d1b..199c4b98ee2b42a310c92f1f6194d26b51413f6d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.h
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ public:
     virtual QString mimeType() const;
     ProjectExplorer::Project* openProject(const QString &fileName);
 
-    Qt4Project * createEmptyProject(const QString &path);
-
     // Context information used in the slot implementations
     ProjectExplorer::Node *contextNode() const;
     void setContextNode(ProjectExplorer::Node *node);