diff --git a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
index 5f1ee2d50395cba75744e7b59e563ac27468a168..c9f884fcd8449cf70c02a0043f3febabc4c1f16c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
@@ -117,14 +117,6 @@ static const VcsBaseSubmitEditorParameters submitEditorParameters = {
     Constants::COMMIT_ID
 };
 
-// Utility to find a parameter set by type
-static const VcsBaseEditorParameters *findType(int ie)
-{
-    const EditorContentType et = static_cast<EditorContentType>(ie);
-    return VcsBaseEditorWidget::findType(editorParameters,
-                                             sizeof(editorParameters)/sizeof(editorParameters[0]), et);
-}
-
 MercurialPlugin *MercurialPlugin::m_instance = 0;
 
 MercurialPlugin::MercurialPlugin() :