diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 12374595a..ec3bce8ba 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -1245,6 +1245,11 @@ void CheckClass::privateFunctions()
     if (!_settings->_checkCodingStyle)
         return;
 
+    // don't check code that contains templates. Templates that are
+    // "unused" are removed from the code. #2067
+    if (_tokenizer->codeWithTemplates())
+        return;
+
     // dont check borland classes with properties..
     if (Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), "; __property ;"))
         return;
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 39564d9aa..79ff25ff3 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Tokenizer::Tokenizer()
 {
     _tokens = 0;
     _tokensBack = 0;
+    _codeWithTemplates = false;
 }
 
 Tokenizer::Tokenizer(const Settings *settings, ErrorLogger *errorLogger)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ Tokenizer::Tokenizer(const Settings *settings, ErrorLogger *errorLogger)
 {
     _tokens = 0;
     _tokensBack = 0;
+    _codeWithTemplates = false;
 }
 
 Tokenizer::~Tokenizer()
@@ -2308,6 +2310,8 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTemplates()
     {
         if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "template <"))
         {
+            _codeWithTemplates = true;
+
             for (const Token *tok2 = tok; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next())
             {
                 // Just a declaration => ignore this
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index 3ccebf7c1..bfdb98103 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -516,6 +516,12 @@ public:
 
     void unsupportedTypedef(const Token *tok) const;
 
+    /** Was there templates in the code? */
+    bool codeWithTemplates() const
+    {
+        return _codeWithTemplates;
+    }
+
 private:
     /** Disable copy constructor, no implementation */
     Tokenizer(const Tokenizer &);
@@ -532,6 +538,12 @@ private:
     /** E.g. "A" for code where "#ifdef A" is true. This is used to
         print additional information in error situations. */
     std::string _configuration;
+
+    /**
+     * was there any templates? templates that are "unused" are
+     * removed from the token list
+     */
+    bool _codeWithTemplates;
 };
 
 /// @}
diff --git a/test/testunusedprivfunc.cpp b/test/testunusedprivfunc.cpp
index 0b099189c..f039bd541 100644
--- a/test/testunusedprivfunc.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedprivfunc.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(derivedClass);   // skip warning for derived classes. It might be a virtual function.
 
         TEST_CASE(borland);     // skip FP when using __property
+
+        // No false positives when there are "unused" templates that are removed in the simplified token list
+        TEST_CASE(template1);
     }
 
 
@@ -391,6 +394,25 @@ private:
               "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void template1()
+    {
+        // ticket #2067 - Template methods do not "use" private ones
+        check("class A {\n"
+              "public:\n"
+              "    template <class T>\n"
+              "    T getVal() const;\n"
+              "\n"
+              "private:\n"
+              "    int internalGetVal() const { return 8000; }\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "\n"
+              "template <class T>\n"
+              "T A::getVal() const {\n"
+              "    return internalGetVal();\n"
+              "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestUnusedPrivateFunction)