diff --git a/src/core/qcorecommon_p.h b/src/core/qcorecommon_p.h
index 298b6f042..6d80a2120 100644
--- a/src/core/qcorecommon_p.h
+++ b/src/core/qcorecommon_p.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #  include <zlib.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <string.h>
-
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 // enough space to hold BOM, each char as surrogate pair and terminator
@@ -35,13 +33,6 @@ static inline QString fromstrerror_helper(const int errorcode)
 #endif
 }
 
-static inline void report_error(int code, const char *where, const char *what)
-{
-    if (code != 0)
-        qWarning("%s: %s failure: %s", where, what, qPrintable(qt_error_string(code)));
-}
-
-
 #ifndef QT_NO_COMPRESS
 static inline quint32 qCRC32(const char *data, uint len)
 {