diff --git a/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp b/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
index a7649493c99525d67bed5000089ef9cb25b623ca..d420900d1407bbee2ff467c8746face319cb5164 100644
--- a/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ std::string randomString(std::size_t const length)
     return s;
 }
 
-} // end namespace BaseLib
+}  // end namespace BaseLib
diff --git a/BaseLib/StringTools.h b/BaseLib/StringTools.h
index ebaa82e523b920d6b4b67db9ccff7407bf834d2d..62f9c5600264d2d7a965899de09873da9807acfb 100644
--- a/BaseLib/StringTools.h
+++ b/BaseLib/StringTools.h
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ template<typename T> std::string tostring(T const& value)
 //! \overload
 std::string const& tostring(std::string const& value);
 
-//! returns printf-like formatted string
-std::string format(const char* format_string, ... );
-
 //! Returns a random string of the given length containing just a-z,A-Z,0-9
 std::string randomString(std::size_t length);