diff --git a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
index eaff3740f61170dad221952a0caf510bfee24c3a..1208448c2dbccb11e2b58c22a297303e81109cf3 100644
--- a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
@@ -128,17 +128,5 @@ bool XMLQtInterface::checkHash() const
         WARN("File is valid but could not write hashfile!");
     return true;
 }
-
-bool XMLQtInterface::isHashGood(const QByteArray &hash) const
-{
-    QByteArray fileHash = QCryptographicHash::hash(_fileData, QCryptographicHash::Md5);
-    if(hash != fileHash)
-    {
-        INFO("Hashfile does not match data ... checking file ...");
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-} // end namespace IO
-} // end namespace BaseLib
+}  // namespace IO
+}  // namespace BaseLib
diff --git a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.h b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.h
index c33a025246af7324dd55ee1172bd849e5dacd9ca..a5671efc9dd2a3ea22de467b5d607d7d39ecaa24 100644
--- a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.h
+++ b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.h
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ protected:
     /// If no hash file exists, the xml-file is validated and a hash file is written if the xml-file was valid.
     bool checkHash() const;
 
-    /// Checks if the given file is conform to the given hash.
-    bool isHashGood(const QByteArray &hash) const;
-
     QString _schemaFile;
 
     /// Caches the actual file contents when reading.