diff --git a/src/libs/utils/filesearch.cpp b/src/libs/utils/filesearch.cpp
index 073b6057a90..a72ddc6ab04 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/filesearch.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/filesearch.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "searchresultitem.h"
 #include "stringutils.h"
 #include "utilstr.h"
-#include "utiltypes.h"
 
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QMutex>
@@ -499,15 +498,6 @@ static bool isFileIncluded(const QList<QRegularExpression> &filterRegs,
     return isIncluded && (exclusionRegs.isEmpty() || !matches(exclusionRegs, filePath));
 }
 
-FilePathPredicate filterFileFunction(const QStringList &filters, const QStringList &exclusionFilters)
-{
-    const QList<QRegularExpression> filterRegs = filtersToRegExps(filters);
-    const QList<QRegularExpression> exclusionRegs = filtersToRegExps(exclusionFilters);
-    return [filterRegs, exclusionRegs](const FilePath &filePath) {
-        return isFileIncluded(filterRegs, exclusionRegs, filePath);
-    };
-}
-
 std::function<FilePaths(const FilePaths &)> filterFilesFunction(const QStringList &filters,
                                                                 const QStringList &exclusionFilters)
 {
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/filesearch.h b/src/libs/utils/filesearch.h
index c3d81faa121..fc6ce62ab0b 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/filesearch.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/filesearch.h
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace Utils {
 
-QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT
-std::function<bool(const FilePath &)> filterFileFunction(const QStringList &filterRegs,
-                                                         const QStringList &exclusionRegs);
-
 QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT
 std::function<FilePaths(const FilePaths &)> filterFilesFunction(const QStringList &filters,
                                                                 const QStringList &exclusionFilters);