diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
index 1fe974af0d6..99283fee0bd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
@@ -737,7 +737,6 @@ void Qt4PriFileNode::save(ProFile *includeFile)
     ProWriter pw;
     const bool ok = pw.write(includeFile, includeFile->fileName());
     Q_UNUSED(ok)
-    includeFile->setModified(false);
     m_project->qt4ProjectManager()->notifyChanged(includeFile->fileName());
     if (modifiedFileHandle)
         fileManager->unblockFileChange(modifiedFileHandle);
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/proitems.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/proitems.cpp
index ebf9b726604..40add954ad2 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/proitems.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/proitems.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ ProItem::ProItemReturn ProOperator::Accept(AbstractProItemVisitor *visitor)
 ProFile::ProFile(const QString &fileName)
     : ProBlock(0)
 {
-    m_modified = false;
     setBlockKind(ProBlock::ProFileKind);
     m_fileName = fileName;
 
@@ -324,16 +323,6 @@ QString ProFile::directoryName() const
     return m_directoryName;
 }
 
-void ProFile::setModified(bool modified)
-{
-    m_modified = modified;
-}
-
-bool ProFile::isModified() const
-{
-    return m_modified;
-}
-
 ProItem::ProItemReturn ProFile::Accept(AbstractProItemVisitor *visitor)
 {
     ProItemReturn rt;
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/proitems.h b/src/shared/proparser/proitems.h
index d3c349c010d..93d6bb91c2f 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/proitems.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/proitems.h
@@ -219,16 +219,12 @@ public:
     QString fileName() const;
     QString directoryName() const;
 
-    void setModified(bool modified);
-    bool isModified() const;
-
     virtual ProItemReturn Accept(AbstractProItemVisitor *visitor);
 
 private:
     QString m_fileName;
     QString m_displayFileName;
     QString m_directoryName;
-    bool m_modified;
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE