diff --git a/src/support/PathChanger.cpp b/src/support/PathChanger.cpp
index 733d2e6e75..999a7c5913 100644
--- a/src/support/PathChanger.cpp
+++ b/src/support/PathChanger.cpp
@@ -64,29 +64,4 @@ int PathChanger::pop()
 
 #define PathChanger(x) unnamed_PathChanger;
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-
-#include <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
-
-int getPrivateFrameworkPathName(char * buf, unsigned len, char const * framework)
-{
-	// Get our application's main bundle from Core Foundation
-	CFBundleRef myAppsBundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
-	int result = 0 ;
-	if (NULL != myAppsBundle) {
-		CFURLRef baseURL = CFBundleCopyPrivateFrameworksURL( myAppsBundle );
-		if (NULL != baseURL) {
-			CFURLRef bundleURL = CFURLCreateCopyAppendingPathComponent( kCFAllocatorSystemDefault, baseURL,
-				CFStringCreateWithCString( kCFAllocatorSystemDefault, framework, CFStringGetSystemEncoding() ),
-				false );
-			if (NULL != bundleURL) {
-				result = CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation( bundleURL, TRUE, (UInt8*)buf, len );
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return result;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 // in merged builds this is not the last line.
diff --git a/src/support/PathChanger.h b/src/support/PathChanger.h
index d82aab39fb..6af4ab4e29 100644
--- a/src/support/PathChanger.h
+++ b/src/support/PathChanger.h
@@ -63,18 +63,5 @@ private:
 } // namespace support
 } // namespace lyx
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-int getPrivateFrameworkPathName(char * buf, unsigned len, char const * framework);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
 
 #endif // PATHCHANGER_H