diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
index 43cbe75afba..0e062cf6114 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
@@ -780,12 +780,6 @@ QList<QmakeProFile *> QmakeProject::allProFiles(const QList<ProjectType> &projec
     return list;
 }
 
-bool QmakeProject::hasApplicationProFile(const FileName &path) const
-{
-    const QList<QmakeProFile *> list = applicationProFiles();
-    return Utils::contains(list, Utils::equal(&QmakeProFile::filePath, path));
-}
-
 QList<RunConfigurationCreationInfo>
 QmakeProject::runConfigurationCreators(const RunConfigurationFactory *factory,
                                        const QList<ProjectType> &projectTypes)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.h
index 1110076d10b..3036a1d5b58 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ public:
     QList<QmakeProFile *> allProFiles(const QList<ProjectType> &projectTypes = QList<ProjectType>(),
                                       Parsing parse = ExactParse) const;
     QList<QmakeProFile *> applicationProFiles(Parsing parse = ExactParse) const;
-    bool hasApplicationProFile(const Utils::FileName &path) const;
 
     QList<ProjectExplorer::RunConfigurationCreationInfo> runConfigurationCreators
         (const ProjectExplorer::RunConfigurationFactory *factory,