diff --git a/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.cc b/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.cc
index bb5945baf64c2cabe65c007e5281c4f9d38fe625..ea46a6d3979974791b6ce6d31df2e05baaa29cde 100644
--- a/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.cc
+++ b/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.cc
@@ -133,9 +133,3 @@ QVariant FactMetaData::_maxForType(void)
     // Make windows compiler happy, even switch is full cased
     return QVariant();
 }
-
-void FactMetaData::clearDefaultValue(void)
-{
-    _defaultValue = 0;
-    _defaultValueAvailable = false;
-}
diff --git a/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.h b/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.h
index 2405198d6a394548ea6acd373c7bb55a5a8a1202..2d218b06e77f75f52c562e3f0092d1f58064c444 100644
--- a/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.h
+++ b/src/FactSystem/FactMetaData.h
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ public:
     void setMin(const QVariant& max);
     void setMax(const QVariant& max);
 
-    /// Used to clear a default value which it is found to possibly be invalid
-    void clearDefaultValue(void);
-
 private:
     QVariant _minForType(void);
     QVariant _maxForType(void);