diff --git a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
index 299031327511e12ffc7b1ca2dfb8fe9435c1c185..eaff3740f61170dad221952a0caf510bfee24c3a 100644
--- a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
@@ -95,25 +95,6 @@ int XMLQtInterface::isValid() const
     return 0;
 }
 
-int XMLQtInterface::insertStyleFileDefinition(const QString &fileName) const
-{
-    std::string path = fileName.toStdString();
-    std::fstream stream(path.c_str());
-    std::string styleDef("\n<?xml-stylesheet type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"OpenGeoSysGLI.xsl\"?>");
-
-    if (!stream.is_open())
-    {
-        WARN("XMLQtInterface::insertStyleFileDefinition(): Could not open file %s.",
-             path.c_str());
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    stream.seekp(43 * sizeof(char),std::ios_base::beg); // go to the correct position in the stream
-    stream.write(styleDef.c_str(), 60 * sizeof(char)); // write new line with xml-stylesheet definition
-    stream.close();
-    return 1;
-}
-
 bool XMLQtInterface::checkHash() const
 {
     QString md5FileName(_fileName + ".md5");
diff --git a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.h b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.h
index d0a70baf14161e9f46701b4de33e79f02dda8f3f..c33a025246af7324dd55ee1172bd849e5dacd9ca 100644
--- a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.h
+++ b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.h
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ public:
     explicit XMLQtInterface(QString schemaFile = "");
     virtual ~XMLQtInterface() = default;
 
-    /// As QXMLStreamWriter seems currently unable to include style-file links into xml-files, this method will workaround this issue and include the stylefile link.
-    int insertStyleFileDefinition(const QString &fileName) const;
-
     /// Reads the file. In an overriden function in the child class be sure to call
     /// XMLQtInterface::readFile(fileName).
     virtual int readFile(const QString &fileName);
diff --git a/GeoLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XmlGmlInterface.cpp b/GeoLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XmlGmlInterface.cpp
index 5257d7c34362253115859aa3c29b2d3bda2a4d40..3d600256106e548806177ef95ff99d51837f45c1 100644
--- a/GeoLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XmlGmlInterface.cpp
+++ b/GeoLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XmlGmlInterface.cpp
@@ -485,7 +485,6 @@ bool XmlGmlInterface::write()
         INFO("XmlGmlInterface::write(): Surface vector is empty, no surfaces written to file.");
 
 
-    //insertStyleFileDefinition(filename);
     std::string xml = doc.toString().toStdString();
     _out << xml;