diff --git a/src/platformsupport/cglconvenience/cglconvenience.mm b/src/platformsupport/cglconvenience/cglconvenience.mm
index b0ea2d2225..81e8870ade 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/cglconvenience/cglconvenience.mm
+++ b/src/platformsupport/cglconvenience/cglconvenience.mm
@@ -125,13 +125,3 @@ void *qcgl_createNSOpenGLPixelFormat(const QSurfaceFormat &format)
     NSOpenGLPixelFormat* pixelFormat = [[NSOpenGLPixelFormat alloc] initWithAttributes:attrs.constData()];
     return pixelFormat;
 }
-
-CGLContextObj qcgl_createGlContext()
-{
-    CGLContextObj context;
-    NSOpenGLPixelFormat *format = reinterpret_cast<NSOpenGLPixelFormat *>(qcgl_createNSOpenGLPixelFormat(qcgl_surfaceFormat()));
-    CGLPixelFormatObj cglFormat = static_cast<CGLPixelFormatObj>([format CGLPixelFormatObj]);
-    CGLCreateContext(cglFormat ,NULL, &context);
-    return context;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/platformsupport/cglconvenience/cglconvenience_p.h b/src/platformsupport/cglconvenience/cglconvenience_p.h
index bd2de0abc0..82842a78f0 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/cglconvenience/cglconvenience_p.h
+++ b/src/platformsupport/cglconvenience/cglconvenience_p.h
@@ -49,6 +49,5 @@
 void (*qcgl_getProcAddress(const QByteArray &procName))();
 QSurfaceFormat qcgl_surfaceFormat();
 void *qcgl_createNSOpenGLPixelFormat(const QSurfaceFormat &format);
-CGLContextObj qcgl_createGlContext();
 
 #endif // QMACGLCONVENIENCE_H