diff --git a/libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kshortcutschemeshelper.cpp b/libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kshortcutschemeshelper.cpp
index 9f76bd507d..f3cebac449 100644
--- a/libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kshortcutschemeshelper.cpp
+++ b/libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kshortcutschemeshelper.cpp
@@ -1,66 +1,61 @@
 /* This file is part of the KDE libraries
     Copyright (C) 2008 Alexander Dymo <adymo@kdevelop.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Library General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
     along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
     the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
     Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 #include "kshortcutschemeshelper_p.h"
 
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QtXml/QDomDocument>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <kconfiggroup.h>
 #include <ksharedconfig.h>
 
 #include "kactioncollection.h"
 #include "kxmlguiclient.h"
 
 #include "KoResourcePaths.h"
 #include "kis_action_registry.h"
 
 
-QString KShortcutSchemesHelper::currentShortcutSchemeName()
-{
-    return KSharedConfig::openConfig()->group("Shortcut Schemes").readEntry("Current Scheme", "Default");
-}
-
 QString KShortcutSchemesHelper::shortcutSchemeFileName(const QString &schemeName)
 {
     // Create a directory if one cannot be found.
     return KoResourcePaths::locateLocal("kis_shortcuts", schemeName, true);
 }
 
 
 QHash<QString, QString> KShortcutSchemesHelper::schemeFileLocations()
 {
     QStringList schemes;
     schemes << QString("Default");  // Forbid "Default.shortcuts"
     QHash<QString, QString> schemeFileLocations;
     const QStringList shortcutFiles = KoResourcePaths::findAllResources("kis_shortcuts", "*.shortcuts");
     Q_FOREACH (const QString &file, shortcutFiles) {
         QFileInfo fileInfo(file);
         QString schemeName = fileInfo.completeBaseName();
         if (!schemes.contains(schemeName)) {
             schemes << schemeName;
             schemeFileLocations.insert(schemeName, fileInfo.canonicalFilePath());
         }
     }
     return schemeFileLocations;
 }
diff --git a/libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kshortcutschemeshelper_p.h b/libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kshortcutschemeshelper_p.h
index 9c706d26ba..6316fa37e6 100644
--- a/libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kshortcutschemeshelper_p.h
+++ b/libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kshortcutschemeshelper_p.h
@@ -1,53 +1,48 @@
 /* This file is part of the KDE libraries
     Copyright (C) 2008 Alexander Dymo <adymo@kdevelop.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Library General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
     along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
     the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
     Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 #ifndef KSHORTCUTSCHEMESHELPER_P_H
 #define KSHORTCUTSCHEMESHELPER_P_H
 
 #include <QString>
 #include <QHash>
 
 class KActionCollection;
 class KXMLGUIClient;
 class KConfigBase;
 
 class KShortcutSchemesHelper
 {
 public:
 
-    /**
-     * @return the current shortcut scheme name for the application.
-     */
-    static QString currentShortcutSchemeName();
-
     /**
      * @return the name of the (writable) file to save the shortcut scheme to.
      */
     static QString shortcutSchemeFileName(const QString &schemeName);
 
     static bool saveShortcutScheme();
 
     /**
      * @return a list of files to save the shortcut scheme to. Does not include "Default"
      * @see shortcutSchemeFileName, exportActionCollection
      */
     static QHash<QString, QString> schemeFileLocations();
 
 };
 
 #endif