diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
index 16e7bd2241a..53efd6587ad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public:
     QmlModelStateGroup states() const;
     QList<QmlItemNode> children() const;
     QList<QmlObjectNode> resources() const;
-    QList<QmlItemNode> defaultPropertyChildren() const;
     QList<QmlObjectNode> allDirectSubNodes() const;
     QmlAnchors anchors() const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index 6ca3ab61842..f9fc4fc3060 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -318,18 +318,6 @@ QList<QmlObjectNode> QmlItemNode::resources() const
     return toQmlObjectNodeList(resourcesList);
 }
 
-QList<QmlItemNode> QmlItemNode::defaultPropertyChildren() const
-{
-    QList<ModelNode> defaultPropertyChildrenList;
-
-    if (isValid()) {
-        if (modelNode().hasNodeListProperty(defaultPropertyName()))
-            defaultPropertyChildrenList.append(modelNode().nodeListProperty(defaultPropertyName()).toModelNodeList());
-    }
-
-    return toQmlItemNodeList(defaultPropertyChildrenList);
-}
-
 QList<QmlObjectNode> QmlItemNode::allDirectSubNodes() const
 {
     return toQmlObjectNodeList(modelNode().allDirectSubModelNodes());