diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextformat.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextformat.cpp
index 3d70befda3..641a2ceb8a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextformat.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextformat.cpp
@@ -3385,19 +3385,6 @@ bool QTextFormatCollection::hasFormatCached(const QTextFormat &format) const
     return false;
 }
 
-QTextFormat QTextFormatCollection::objectFormat(int objectIndex) const
-{
-    if (objectIndex == -1)
-        return QTextFormat();
-    return format(objFormats.at(objectIndex));
-}
-
-void QTextFormatCollection::setObjectFormat(int objectIndex, const QTextFormat &f)
-{
-    const int formatIndex = indexForFormat(f);
-    objFormats[objectIndex] = formatIndex;
-}
-
 int QTextFormatCollection::objectFormatIndex(int objectIndex) const
 {
     if (objectIndex == -1)
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextformat_p.h b/src/gui/text/qtextformat_p.h
index 6b2958a4b6..e3998d4f3f 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextformat_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextformat_p.h
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ public:
     QTextFormatCollection(const QTextFormatCollection &rhs);
     QTextFormatCollection &operator=(const QTextFormatCollection &rhs);
 
-    QTextFormat objectFormat(int objectIndex) const;
-    void setObjectFormat(int objectIndex, const QTextFormat &format);
+    inline QTextFormat objectFormat(int objectIndex) const
+    { return format(objectFormatIndex(objectIndex)); }
+    inline void setObjectFormat(int objectIndex, const QTextFormat &format)
+    { setObjectFormatIndex(objectIndex, indexForFormat(format)); }
 
     int objectFormatIndex(int objectIndex) const;
     void setObjectFormatIndex(int objectIndex, int formatIndex);