diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QParagraph.C b/src/frontends/qt4/QParagraph.C
index 47337d9f17..5c326e06d7 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QParagraph.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QParagraph.C
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void QParagraph::update_contents()
 	// lyx::to_utf8(_() is correct here (this is stupid though !))
 	if (labelwidth != _("Senseless with this layout!")) {
 		dialog_->labelwidthGB->setEnabled(true);
-		dialog_->labelWidth->setText(ucs4_to_qstring(labelwidth));
+		dialog_->labelWidth->setText(toqstr(labelwidth));
 	} else {
 		dialog_->labelwidthGB->setEnabled(false);
 		dialog_->labelWidth->setText("");
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/qt_helpers.C b/src/frontends/qt4/qt_helpers.C
index 317f1a991e..d71a6da8e5 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/qt_helpers.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/qt_helpers.C
@@ -120,14 +120,6 @@ void ucs4_to_qstring(lyx::docstring const & str, QString & s)
 }
 
 
-QString ucs4_to_qstring(lyx::docstring const & str)
-{
-	QString tmp;
-	ucs4_to_qstring(str, tmp);
-	return tmp;
-}
-
-
 QString const toqstr(docstring const & ucs4)
 {
 	QString s;
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/qt_helpers.h b/src/frontends/qt4/qt_helpers.h
index bd5459b852..f6e26b745e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/qt_helpers.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/qt_helpers.h
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ inline void ucs4_to_qstring(char_type const * str, size_t ls, QString & s)
 }
 
 
-QString ucs4_to_qstring(docstring const & str);
-
 docstring const qstring_to_ucs4(QString const & qstr);
 
 void qstring_to_ucs4(QString const & qstr, std::vector<char_type> & ucs4);