diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 84710ee89..3ffdacace 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -628,12 +628,6 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::parse_noreturn()
 }
 
 
-bool CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::matchFunctionsThatReturnArg(const Token *tok, unsigned int varid) const
-{
-    return Token::Match(tok, "; %varid% = strcat|memcpy|memmove|strcpy ( %varid% ,", varid);
-}
-
-
 bool CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::notvar(const Token *tok, unsigned int varid, bool endpar) const
 {
     const std::string end(endpar ? " &&|)" : " [;)&|]");
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
index 2a036efc7..e23090439 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
@@ -220,13 +220,6 @@ public:
      */
     void parseFunctionScope(const Token *tok, const Token *tok1, const bool classmember);
 
-    /**
-     * @brief %Check if there is a "p = foo(p, .." and foo returns the argument (p)
-     * @param tok token to the ";" before the statement
-     * @param varid varid to check
-     */
-    bool matchFunctionsThatReturnArg(const Token *tok, unsigned int varid) const;
-
     /**
      * @brief %Check if there is a "!var" match inside a condition
      * @param tok      first token to match