diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
index a1cbd8415d7..16282da09e8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ static FolderNode *recursiveFindOrCreateFolderNode(FolderNode *folder,
     return parent;
 }
 
-
-
 /*!
   \class ProjectExplorer::Node
 
@@ -437,29 +435,6 @@ FileNode *FolderNode::fileNode(const Utils::FileName &file) const
     }));
 }
 
-FileNode *FolderNode::recursiveFileNode(const Utils::FileName &file) const
-{
-    Utils::FileName dir = file.parentDir();
-
-    const QDir thisDir(filePath().toString());
-    QString relativePath = thisDir.relativeFilePath(dir.toString());
-    if (relativePath == ".")
-        relativePath.clear();
-    QStringList parts = relativePath.split('/', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-    const ProjectExplorer::FolderNode *parent = this;
-    foreach (const QString &part, parts) {
-        dir.appendPath(part);
-        // Find folder in subFolders
-        parent = static_cast<FolderNode *>(Utils::findOrDefault(parent->nodes(), [&dir](const Node *n) {
-            const FolderNode *fn = n->asFolderNode();
-            return fn && fn->filePath() == dir;
-        }));
-        if (!parent)
-            return nullptr;
-    }
-    return parent->fileNode(file);
-}
-
 QList<FileNode *> FolderNode::recursiveFileNodes() const
 {
     QList<FileNode *> result = fileNodes();
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
index e72eb835f24..5dd5de84910 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ public:
     const QList<Node *> nodes() const { return m_nodes; }
     QList<FileNode *> fileNodes() const;
     FileNode *fileNode(const Utils::FileName &file) const;
-    FileNode *recursiveFileNode(const Utils::FileName &file) const;
     QList<FileNode *> recursiveFileNodes() const;
     QList<FolderNode *> folderNodes() const;
     void buildTree(QList<FileNode *> &files, const Utils::FileName &overrideBaseDir = Utils::FileName());