diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.cpp
index 2c3a467a2..9e85d2174 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.cpp
@@ -512,14 +512,6 @@ int QFontMetrics::rightBearing(QChar ch) const
     \sa boundingRect()
 */
 int QFontMetrics::width(const QString &text, int len) const
-{
-    return width(text, len, 0);
-}
-
-/*!
-    \internal
-*/
-int QFontMetrics::width(const QString &text, int len, int flags) const
 {
     int pos = text.indexOf(QLatin1Char('\x9c'));
     if (pos != -1) {
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.h b/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.h
index 035e7a482..9bd501c83 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public:
     int leftBearing(QChar) const;
     int rightBearing(QChar) const;
     int width(const QString &, int len = -1) const;
-    int width(const QString &, int len, int flags) const;
 
     int width(QChar) const;
     int charWidth(const QString &str, int pos) const;