diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
index 67529673e..83cfbf821 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
@@ -178,13 +178,6 @@ appLogDir()
 }
 
 
-QString
-sqlEscape( QString sql )
-{
-    return sql.replace( "'", "''" );
-}
-
-
 QString
 timeToString( int seconds )
 {
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
index e1b0c3e98..5da2fab30 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ namespace TomahawkUtils
     DLLEXPORT QDir appDataDir();
     DLLEXPORT QDir appLogDir();
 
-    DLLEXPORT QString sqlEscape( QString sql );
     DLLEXPORT QString timeToString( int seconds );
     DLLEXPORT QString ageToString( const QDateTime& time, bool appendAgoString = false );
     DLLEXPORT QString filesizeToString( unsigned int size );