diff --git a/src/libs/utils/textfileformat.cpp b/src/libs/utils/textfileformat.cpp
index c4b26695b3c..c175ce1f4dc 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/textfileformat.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/textfileformat.cpp
@@ -271,39 +271,6 @@ TextFileFormat::ReadResult
     return result;
 }
 
-TextFileFormat::ReadResult TextFileFormat::readFileUTF8(const QString &fileName,
-                                                        QByteArray *plainText, QString *errorString)
-{
-    QByteArray data;
-    try {
-        Utils::FileReader reader;
-        if (!reader.fetch(fileName, errorString))
-            return TextFileFormat::ReadIOError;
-        data = reader.data();
-    } catch (const std::bad_alloc &) {
-        *errorString = QCoreApplication::translate("Utils::TextFileFormat", "Out of memory.");
-        return TextFileFormat::ReadMemoryAllocationError;
-    }
-
-    TextFileFormat format = TextFileFormat::detect(data);
-    if (!format.codec)
-        format.codec = QTextCodec::codecForLocale();
-    if (format.codec->name() == "UTF-8") {
-        if (format.hasUtf8Bom)
-            data.remove(0, 3);
-        *plainText = data;
-        return TextFileFormat::ReadSuccess;
-    }
-
-    QString target;
-    if (!format.decode(data, &target)) {
-        *errorString = QCoreApplication::translate("Utils::TextFileFormat", "An encoding error was encountered.");
-        return TextFileFormat::ReadEncodingError;
-    }
-    *plainText = target.toUtf8();
-    return TextFileFormat::ReadSuccess;
-}
-
 TextFileFormat::ReadResult TextFileFormat::readFileUTF8(const QString &fileName,
                                                         const QTextCodec *defaultCodec,
                                                         QByteArray *plainText, QString *errorString)
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/textfileformat.h b/src/libs/utils/textfileformat.h
index 9ca55042e16..7d8e37810f2 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/textfileformat.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/textfileformat.h
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ public:
     static ReadResult readFile(const QString &fileName, const QTextCodec *defaultCodec,
                                QString *plainText, TextFileFormat *format, QString *errorString,
                                QByteArray *decodingErrorSample = 0);
-    static ReadResult readFileUTF8(const QString &fileName, QByteArray *plainText,
-                                   QString *errorString); // TODO: Remove this version.
     static ReadResult readFileUTF8(const QString &fileName, const QTextCodec *defaultCodec,
                                    QByteArray *plainText, QString *errorString);