diff --git a/vcl/inc/sallayout.hxx b/vcl/inc/sallayout.hxx
index b91185769b27..9c727a895581 100644
--- a/vcl/inc/sallayout.hxx
+++ b/vcl/inc/sallayout.hxx
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ sal_UCS4 GetVerticalChar( sal_UCS4 );
 // #i80090# GetMirroredChar also needed outside vcl, moved to svapp.hxx
 // VCL_DLLPUBLIC sal_UCS4 GetMirroredChar( sal_UCS4 );
 sal_UCS4 GetLocalizedChar( sal_UCS4, LanguageType );
-VCL_PLUGIN_PUBLIC const char* GetAutofallback( sal_UCS4 ) ;
 
 // -------------
 // - SalLayout -
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/sallayout.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/sallayout.cxx
index 9679170df9b9..8b04476a1bea 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/sallayout.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/sallayout.cxx
@@ -159,91 +159,6 @@ VCL_DLLPUBLIC sal_UCS4 GetMirroredChar( sal_UCS4 nChar )
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// Get simple approximations for unicodes
-const char* GetAutofallback( sal_UCS4 nChar )
-{
-    const char* pStr = NULL;
-    switch( nChar )
-    {
-        case 0x01C0:
-        case 0x2223:
-        case 0x2758:
-            pStr = "|"; break;
-        case 0x02DC:
-            pStr = "~"; break;
-        case 0x037E:
-            pStr = ";"; break;
-        case 0x2000:
-        case 0x2001:
-        case 0x2002:
-        case 0x2003:
-        case 0x2004:
-        case 0x2005:
-        case 0x2006:
-        case 0x2007:
-        case 0x2008:
-        case 0x2009:
-        case 0x200A:
-        case 0x202F:
-            pStr = " "; break;
-        case 0x2010:
-        case 0x2011:
-        case 0x2012:
-        case 0x2013:
-        case 0x2014:
-            pStr = "-"; break;
-        case 0x2015:
-            pStr = "--"; break;
-        case 0x2016:
-            pStr = "||"; break;
-        case 0x2017:
-            pStr = "_"; break;
-        case 0x2018:
-        case 0x2019:
-        case 0x201B:
-            pStr = "\'"; break;
-        case 0x201A:
-            pStr = ","; break;
-        case 0x201C:
-        case 0x201D:
-        case 0x201E:
-        case 0x201F:
-        case 0x2033:
-            pStr = "\""; break;
-        case 0x2039:
-            pStr = "<"; break;
-        case 0x203A:
-            pStr = ">"; break;
-        case 0x203C:
-            pStr = "!!"; break;
-        case 0x203D:
-            pStr = "?"; break;
-        case 0x2044:
-        case 0x2215:
-            pStr = "/"; break;
-        case 0x2048:
-            pStr = "?!"; break;
-        case 0x2049:
-            pStr = "!?"; break;
-        case 0x2216:
-            pStr = "\\"; break;
-        case 0x2217:
-            pStr = "*"; break;
-        case 0x2236:
-            pStr = ":"; break;
-        case 0x2264:
-            pStr = "<="; break;
-        case 0x2265:
-            pStr = "<="; break;
-        case 0x2303:
-            pStr = "^"; break;
-    }
-
-    return pStr;
-}
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 sal_UCS4 GetLocalizedChar( sal_UCS4 nChar, LanguageType eLang )
 {
     // currently only conversion from ASCII digits is interesting