diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.h b/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.h
index e92a1514a16..8e1b043b55c 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontmetrics.h
@@ -49,12 +49,8 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-
-
-class QTextCodec;
 class QRect;
 
-
 class Q_GUI_EXPORT QFontMetrics
 {
 public: