diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
index f28cc72258e..44d117db26f 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
@@ -78,24 +78,6 @@ QByteArray QFontSubset::glyphName(unsigned short unicode, bool symbol)
     return buffer;
 }
 
-QByteArray QFontSubset::glyphName(unsigned int glyph, const QList<int> &reverseMap) const
-{
-    uint glyphIndex = glyph_indices[glyph];
-
-    if (glyphIndex == 0)
-        return "/.notdef";
-
-    QByteArray ba;
-    QPdf::ByteStream s(&ba);
-    if (reverseMap[glyphIndex] && reverseMap[glyphIndex] < 0x10000) {
-        s << '/' << glyphName(reverseMap[glyphIndex], false);
-    } else {
-        s << "/gl" << (int)glyphIndex;
-    }
-    return ba;
-}
-
-
 QByteArray QFontSubset::widthArray() const
 {
     Q_ASSERT(!widths.isEmpty());
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset_p.h b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset_p.h
index 1cd24aa73d9..01108dcc7f3 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset_p.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ public:
     QByteArray widthArray() const;
     QByteArray createToUnicodeMap() const;
     QList<int> getReverseMap() const;
-    QByteArray glyphName(unsigned int glyph, const QList<int> &reverseMap) const;
 
     static QByteArray glyphName(unsigned short unicode, bool symbol);