diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
index ed860d0c4ab..15ec9c9bfee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
@@ -183,11 +183,6 @@ void CppCodeModelSettings::setPCHUsage(CppCodeModelSettings::PCHUsage pchUsage)
     m_pchUsage = pchUsage;
 }
 
-void CppCodeModelSettings::emitChanged()
-{
-    emit changed();
-}
-
 bool CppCodeModelSettings::interpretAmbigiousHeadersAsCHeaders() const
 {
     return m_interpretAmbigiousHeadersAsCHeaders;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.h
index edf0a6e1dc3..22f5b25c6b2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.h
@@ -78,12 +78,8 @@ public:
     QString clazyChecks() const;
     void setClazyChecks(QString checks);
 
-public: // for tests
-    void emitChanged();
-
 signals:
     void changed();
-    void clangDiagnosticConfigIdChanged();
 
 private:
     PCHUsage m_pchUsage = PchUse_None;