diff --git a/GeoLib/StationBorehole.cpp b/GeoLib/StationBorehole.cpp
index 4d75c2c0026ae6f211018ea5906a10cb3053fd0f..5d8732c83c52e461ece0144692fe787aa6e55f78 100644
--- a/GeoLib/StationBorehole.cpp
+++ b/GeoLib/StationBorehole.cpp
@@ -55,38 +55,6 @@ StationBorehole::~StationBorehole()
     }
 }
 
-StationBorehole* StationBorehole::createStation(const std::string& line)
-{
-    std::list<std::string> fields = BaseLib::splitString(line, '\t');
-
-    if (fields.size() < 5)
-    {
-        WARN("Station::createStation() - Unexpected file format.");
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    auto name = fields.front();
-    fields.pop_front();
-    auto const x = strtod(
-        BaseLib::replaceString(",", ".", fields.front()).c_str(), nullptr);
-    fields.pop_front();
-    auto const y = strtod(
-        BaseLib::replaceString(",", ".", fields.front()).c_str(), nullptr);
-    fields.pop_front();
-    auto const z = strtod(
-        BaseLib::replaceString(",", ".", fields.front()).c_str(), nullptr);
-    fields.pop_front();
-    auto const depth = strtod(
-        BaseLib::replaceString(",", ".", fields.front()).c_str(), nullptr);
-    fields.pop_front();
-    int date = 0;
-    if (! fields.empty())
-    {
-        date = BaseLib::strDate2int(fields.front());
-        fields.pop_front();
-    }
-    return new StationBorehole(x, y, z, depth,  name, date);
-}
-
 StationBorehole* StationBorehole::createStation(const std::string& name,
                                                 double x,
                                                 double y,
diff --git a/GeoLib/StationBorehole.h b/GeoLib/StationBorehole.h
index 34ab026fd3cf6b0734cbbd75247516a5b94c0062..4d75b58f1778a0214eca322355253f7d5789b3b1 100644
--- a/GeoLib/StationBorehole.h
+++ b/GeoLib/StationBorehole.h
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ public:
                              int date = 0);
     ~StationBorehole() override;
 
-    /// Creates a StationBorehole-object from a string (assuming the string has the right format)
-    static StationBorehole* createStation(const std::string &line);
-
     /// Creates a new borehole object based on the given parameters.
     static StationBorehole* createStation(const std::string &name,
                                           double x,