diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextmark.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextmark.h
index 886c12bdeaa35800a776f3179184757704f9e14d..ff8a9145e247279b1ea74726bc9d1f937e122903 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextmark.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextmark.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
     virtual ~BaseTextMark();
 
     // our location in the "owning" edtitor
-    virtual void setLocation(const QString &fileName, int lineNumber);
+    void setLocation(const QString &fileName, int lineNumber);
 
     // call this if the icon has changed.
     void updateMarker();