diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljscomponentfromobjectdef.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljscomponentfromobjectdef.cpp
index 97eff5c1e6b..41fa6df2924 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljscomponentfromobjectdef.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljscomponentfromobjectdef.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public:
         const bool reindent = true;
         const bool openEditor = false;
         const Utils::FilePath newFilePath = newFileName;
-        if (!refactoring.createFile(newFileName, newComponentSource, reindent, openEditor))
+        if (!refactoring.file(newFileName)->create(newComponentSource, reindent, openEditor))
             return;
 
         if (path.toString() == currentFileName.toFileInfo().path()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
index cfbfe58d3b5..cd0b12c080a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ namespace TextEditor {
 
 RefactoringChanges::~RefactoringChanges() = default;
 
-bool RefactoringChanges::createFile(const FilePath &filePath,
-                                    const QString &contents,
-                                    bool reindent,
-                                    bool openEditor) const
-{
-    return file(filePath)->create(contents, reindent, openEditor);
-}
-
 RefactoringFilePtr RefactoringChanges::file(const FilePath &filePath) const
 {
     return RefactoringFilePtr(new RefactoringFile(filePath));
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
index 107051f00a5..5168a58b8d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
@@ -118,11 +118,6 @@ public:
     // TODO: Make pure virtual and introduce dedicated subclass for generic refactoring,
     //       so no one instantiates this one by mistake.
     virtual RefactoringFilePtr file(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const;
-
-    bool createFile(const Utils::FilePath &filePath,
-                    const QString &contents,
-                    bool reindent = true,
-                    bool openEditor = true) const;
 };
 
 } // namespace TextEditor