diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
index 7012ca0869..3431757ff2 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -2141,9 +2141,6 @@ void QFontDatabasePrivate::parseFontName(const QString &name, QString &foundry,
     QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(parseFontName)(name, foundry, family);
 }
 
-void QFontDatabasePrivate::createDatabase()
-{ initializeDb(); }
-
 // used from qfontengine_ft.cpp
 Q_GUI_EXPORT QByteArray qt_fontdata_from_index(int index)
 {
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_p.h b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_p.h
index 8d931a2f55..6d3530223a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_p.h
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ public:
 
     static QFontDatabasePrivate *instance();
 
-    static void createDatabase();
     static void parseFontName(const QString &name, QString &foundry, QString &family);
     static QString resolveFontFamilyAlias(const QString &family);
     static QFontEngine *findFont(const QFontDef &request,