diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index aadfab8a7..b7fbf0358 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -302,21 +302,6 @@ bool TemplateSimplifier::removeTemplate(Token *tok)
     return false;
 }
 
-void TemplateSimplifier::removeAllTemplates(Token *tok)
-{
-    bool goback = false;
-    for (; tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (goback) {
-            tok = tok->previous();
-            goback = false;
-        }
-
-        if (tok->str() == "template")
-            goback = removeTemplate(tok);
-    }
-}
-
-
 std::set<std::string> TemplateSimplifier::simplifyTemplatesExpandSpecialized(Token *tokens)
 {
     std::set<std::string> expandedtemplates;
diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.h b/lib/templatesimplifier.h
index 0c4e3c238..e43cb0d2b 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.h
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.h
@@ -159,11 +159,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
 
-    /**
-     * Remove all "template < ..." they can cause false positives because they are not expanded
-     */
-    static void removeAllTemplates(Token *tok);
-
     /**
      * Remove a specific "template < ..." template class/function
      */