diff --git a/src/libs/utils/textutils.cpp b/src/libs/utils/textutils.cpp
index 28a9e12e1bb..bd750d14466 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/textutils.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/textutils.cpp
@@ -252,26 +252,6 @@ bool utf8AdvanceCodePoint(const char *&current)
     return true;
 }
 
-void applyReplacements(QTextDocument *doc, const Replacements &replacements)
-{
-    if (replacements.empty())
-        return;
-
-    int fullOffsetShift = 0;
-    QTextCursor editCursor(doc);
-    editCursor.beginEditBlock();
-    for (const Text::Replacement &replacement : replacements) {
-        editCursor.setPosition(replacement.offset + fullOffsetShift);
-        editCursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::NextCharacter,
-                                QTextCursor::KeepAnchor,
-                                replacement.length);
-        editCursor.removeSelectedText();
-        editCursor.insertText(replacement.text);
-        fullOffsetShift += replacement.text.length() - replacement.length;
-    }
-    editCursor.endEditBlock();
-}
-
 QDebug &operator<<(QDebug &stream, const Position &pos)
 {
     stream << "line: " << pos.line << ", column: " << pos.column;
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/textutils.h b/src/libs/utils/textutils.h
index 80e4150c1d2..36bd042e444 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/textutils.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/textutils.h
@@ -49,25 +49,6 @@ public:
     bool operator!=(const Range &other) const { return !(operator==(other)); }
 };
 
-struct Replacement
-{
-    Replacement() = default;
-    Replacement(int offset, int length, const QString &text)
-        : offset(offset)
-        , length(length)
-        , text(text)
-    {}
-
-    int offset = -1;
-    int length = -1;
-    QString text;
-
-    bool isValid() const { return offset >= 0 && length >= 0;  }
-};
-using Replacements = std::vector<Replacement>;
-
-QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT void applyReplacements(QTextDocument *doc, const Replacements &replacements);
-
 // line is 1-based, column is 0-based
 QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT bool convertPosition(const QTextDocument *document,
                                             int pos,