diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 63f2a3d7198..6b9ba965e14 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -3863,8 +3863,6 @@ void BaseTextEditorWidget::drawFoldingMarker(QPainter *painter, const QPalette &
                                        bool active,
                                        bool hovered) const
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(active)
-    Q_UNUSED(hovered)
     QStyle *s = style();
     if (ManhattanStyle *ms = qobject_cast<ManhattanStyle*>(s))
         s = ms->baseStyle();