diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index d1f84bd6032f015a787f358b1fe6fde0c04d39a6..0c32976d27ff7c8f76dec10f7f48d8641d8b888d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -287,13 +287,6 @@ protected:
         return false;
     }
 
-    virtual bool visit(NewExpressionAST *ast)
-    {
-        accept(ast->new_placement);
-        accept(ast->new_initializer);
-        return false;
-    }
-
     virtual bool visit(ElaboratedTypeSpecifierAST *)
     {
         // ### template args