diff --git a/src/ConverterCache.cpp b/src/ConverterCache.cpp
index 813243f48b..335de9de24 100644
--- a/src/ConverterCache.cpp
+++ b/src/ConverterCache.cpp
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ void ConverterCache::add(FileName const & orig_from, string const & to_format,
 			return;
 		}
 		item->checksum = checksum;
-		if (!mover.copy(converted_file, item->cache_name,
-		              onlyFilename(item->cache_name.absFilename()))) {
+		if (!mover.copy(converted_file, item->cache_name)) {
 			LYXERR(Debug::FILES, "Could not copy file " << orig_from << " to "
 				<< item->cache_name);
 		} else if (!item->cache_name.changePermission(0600)) {
@@ -298,8 +297,7 @@ void ConverterCache::add(FileName const & orig_from, string const & to_format,
 	} else {
 		CacheItem new_item(orig_from, to_format, timestamp,
 				orig_from.checksum());
-		if (mover.copy(converted_file, new_item.cache_name,
-		              onlyFilename(new_item.cache_name.absFilename()))) {
+		if (mover.copy(converted_file, new_item.cache_name)) {
 			if (!new_item.cache_name.changePermission(0600)) {
 				LYXERR(Debug::FILES, "Could not change file mode"
 					<< new_item.cache_name);
@@ -435,8 +433,7 @@ bool ConverterCache::copy(FileName const & orig_from, string const & to_format,
 	CacheItem * const item = pimpl_->find(orig_from, to_format);
 	LASSERT(item, /**/);
 	Mover const & mover = getMover(to_format);
-	return mover.copy(item->cache_name, dest,
-	                  onlyFilename(dest.absFilename()));
+	return mover.copy(item->cache_name, dest);
 }
 
 } // namespace lyx
diff --git a/src/Exporter.cpp b/src/Exporter.cpp
index 8546b0a8ca..2c9e4e6e45 100644
--- a/src/Exporter.cpp
+++ b/src/Exporter.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ CopyStatus copyFile(string const & format,
 	}
 
 	Mover const & mover = getMover(format);
-	if (!mover.copy(sourceFile, destFile, latexFile))
+	if (!mover.copy(sourceFile, destFile))
 		Alert::error(_("Couldn't copy file"),
 			     bformat(_("Copying %1$s to %2$s failed."),
 				     makeDisplayPath(sourceFile.absFilename()),
diff --git a/src/Mover.cpp b/src/Mover.cpp
index 81d13d2a5d..055c293f16 100644
--- a/src/Mover.cpp
+++ b/src/Mover.cpp
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ namespace lyx {
 
 
 bool Mover::copy(FileName const & from, FileName const & to) const
-{
-	return do_copy(from, to, to.absFilename());
-}
-
-
-bool Mover::do_copy(FileName const & from, FileName const & to,
-		    string const &) const
 {
 	return from.copyTo(to);
 }
@@ -57,7 +50,7 @@ bool SpecialisedMover::do_copy(FileName const & from, FileName const & to,
 			       string const & latex) const
 {
 	if (command_.empty())
-		return Mover::do_copy(from, to, latex);
+		return Mover::copy(from, to);
 
 	string command = libScriptSearch(command_);
 	command = subst(command, "$$i", quoteName(from.toFilesystemEncoding()));
diff --git a/src/Mover.h b/src/Mover.h
index 3f4585bb53..1cb9ce6f92 100644
--- a/src/Mover.h
+++ b/src/Mover.h
@@ -38,21 +38,6 @@ public:
 	bool
 	copy(support::FileName const & from, support::FileName const & to) const;
 
-	/** Copy file @c from to @c to.
-	 *  \see SpecialisedMover::SpecialisedMover() for an explanation of
-	 *  @c latex.
-	 *  This version should be used to copy files from the temporary
-	 *  directory to the export location, since @c to and @c latex may
-	 *  not be equal in this case.
-	 *  \returns true if successful.
-	 */
-	bool
-	copy(support::FileName const & from, support::FileName const & to,
-	     std::string const & latex) const
-	{
-		return do_copy(from, to, latex);
-	}
-
 	/** Rename file @c from as @c to.
 	 *  This version should be used to move files from the original
 	 *  location to the temporary directory, since @c to and @c latex
@@ -78,10 +63,6 @@ public:
 	}
 
 protected:
-	virtual bool
-	do_copy(support::FileName const & from, support::FileName const & to,
-		std::string const &) const;
-
 	virtual bool
 	do_rename(support::FileName const & from, support::FileName const & to,
 		  std::string const &) const;