diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.cpp
index 2e6b2b52dbb..f1a9d5de34c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.cpp
@@ -432,16 +432,6 @@ QList<WidgetInfo> ViewManager::widgetInfos() const
     return widgetInfoList;
 }
 
-QWidget *ViewManager::widget(const QString &uniqueId) const
-{
-    const QList<WidgetInfo> widgetInfoList = widgetInfos();
-    for (const WidgetInfo &widgetInfo : widgetInfoList) {
-        if (widgetInfo.uniqueId == uniqueId)
-            return widgetInfo.widget;
-    }
-    return nullptr;
-}
-
 void ViewManager::disableWidgets()
 {
     for (const auto &view : views())
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.h
index 3cabf5109ec..65a0155ae2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/viewmanager.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public:
     }
 
     QList<WidgetInfo> widgetInfos() const;
-    QWidget *widget(const QString & uniqueId) const;
 
     void disableWidgets();
     void enableWidgets();