diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 9cf9c055f..3915b283e 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1393,11 +1393,6 @@ void SymbolDatabase::validate() const
     }
 }
 
-void SymbolDatabase::cppcheckError(const Token *tok) const
-{
-    throw InternalError(tok, "Analysis failed. If the code is valid then please report this failure.", InternalError::INTERNAL);
-}
-
 bool Variable::isPointerArray() const
 {
     return isArray() && nameToken() && nameToken()->previous() && (nameToken()->previous()->str() == "*");
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.h b/lib/symboldatabase.h
index e5930f5e7..9eea44b8f 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.h
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.h
@@ -1041,11 +1041,6 @@ private:
     const Type *findTypeInNested(const Token *tok, const Scope *startScope) const;
     const Scope *findNamespace(const Token * tok, const Scope * scope) const;
     Function *findFunctionInScope(const Token *func, const Scope *ns);
-    /**
-     * Send error message to error logger about internal bug.
-     * @param tok the token that this bug concerns.
-     */
-    void cppcheckError(const Token *tok) const;
 
     /** Whether iName is a keyword as defined in http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/keyword and http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/keyword*/
     bool isReservedName(const std::string& iName) const;