diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
index b39cbb724ab..3e7811f2e33 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
@@ -237,35 +237,6 @@ void DesignModeWidget::toggleSidebars()
 
 }
 
-void DesignModeWidget::showEditor(Core::IEditor *editor)
-{
-    if (textEditor()
-            && editor
-            && textEditor()->document()->fileName() != editor->document()->fileName())
-        setupNavigatorHistory(editor);
-
-    //
-    // Prevent recursive calls to function by explicitly managing initialization status
-    // (QApplication::processEvents is called explicitly at a number of places)
-    //
-    if (m_initStatus == Initializing)
-        return;
-
-    if (m_initStatus == NotInitialized) {
-        m_initStatus = Initializing;
-        setup();
-    }
-
-
-    if (textEditor())
-        m_toolBar->addEditor(textEditor());
-
-
-    setCurrentDesignDocument(currentDesignDocument());
-
-    m_initStatus = Initialized;
-}
-
 void DesignModeWidget::readSettings()
 {
     QSettings *settings = Core::ICore::settings();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
index fa10f62548b..724f0fa5232 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
@@ -106,13 +106,10 @@ public:
     explicit DesignModeWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
 
     ~DesignModeWidget();
-    void showEditor(Core::IEditor *editor);
-    void closeEditors(const QList<Core::IEditor*> editors);
     QString contextHelpId() const;
 
     void initialize();
 
-
     void readSettings();
     void saveSettings();