diff --git a/BaseLib/FileFinder.cpp b/BaseLib/FileFinder.cpp
index c365b0b8fcf1471a04dcf94ebdd73b93b3ceb531..bfcd7ca812a972bc990a6abc0499069620d3887d 100644
--- a/BaseLib/FileFinder.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/FileFinder.cpp
@@ -52,24 +52,4 @@ void FileFinder::addDirectory(std::string const& dir)
         _directories.push_back(dir);
     }
 }
-
-std::string FileFinder::getPath(std::string const& filename) const
-{
-    if (_directories.empty())
-        ERR("FileFinder::getPath(): No directories set.");
-
-    for (auto const& dir : _directories)
-    {
-        std::string testDir(dir);
-        std::ifstream is(testDir.append(filename).c_str());
-        if (is.good())
-        {
-            is.close();
-            return testDir;
-        }
-    }
-    ERR("FileFinder::getPath(): File not found.");
-    return filename;
-}
-
-} // end namespace BaseLib
+}  // namespace BaseLib
diff --git a/BaseLib/FileFinder.h b/BaseLib/FileFinder.h
index 6214f90777cce0895a0e4653ed6d165601e02b6e..841085a22ac803b8a980d9d9050ec90ee71c8b10 100644
--- a/BaseLib/FileFinder.h
+++ b/BaseLib/FileFinder.h
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ public:
      */
     void addDirectory(std::string const& dir);
 
-    /**
-     * Given a filename, this method will return the complete path where this file can be found.
-     * If the file is located in more than one of the directories in the search list, only the
-     * first location will be returned.
-     */
-    std::string getPath(std::string const& filename) const;
-
 private:
     std::vector<std::string> _directories;
 };