diff --git a/oox/inc/oox/drawingml/customshapeproperties.hxx b/oox/inc/oox/drawingml/customshapeproperties.hxx
index 6b3838b1bccc..1b72daa1fd52 100644
--- a/oox/inc/oox/drawingml/customshapeproperties.hxx
+++ b/oox/inc/oox/drawingml/customshapeproperties.hxx
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ public:
     CustomShapeProperties();
     virtual ~CustomShapeProperties();
 
-    void apply( const CustomShapePropertiesPtr& );
     void pushToPropSet( const ::oox::core::FilterBase& rFilterBase,
             const ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference < ::com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet > & xPropSet,
                         const ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference < ::com::sun::star::drawing::XShape > & xShape) const;
diff --git a/oox/source/drawingml/customshapeproperties.cxx b/oox/source/drawingml/customshapeproperties.cxx
index 585ec4316d6a..2c9044479a69 100644
--- a/oox/source/drawingml/customshapeproperties.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/drawingml/customshapeproperties.cxx
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ sal_Int32 CustomShapeProperties::GetCustomShapeGuideValue( const std::vector< Cu
     return nIndex;
 }
 
-void CustomShapeProperties::apply( const CustomShapePropertiesPtr& /* rSourceCustomShapeProperties */ )
-{
-    // not sure if this needs to be implemented
-}
-
 CustomShapeProperties::PresetsMap CustomShapeProperties::maPresetsMap;
 
 void CustomShapeProperties::pushToPropSet( const ::oox::core::FilterBase& /* rFilterBase */,
diff --git a/unusedcode.easy b/unusedcode.easy
index b6f16e0d5dce..88a758afa3a9 100644
--- a/unusedcode.easy
+++ b/unusedcode.easy
@@ -2460,7 +2460,6 @@ oox::drawingml::ChartExport::exportXAxis(oox::drawingml::AxisIdPair)
 oox::drawingml::ChartExport::exportYAxis(oox::drawingml::AxisIdPair)
 oox::drawingml::ColorPropertySet::getColor()
 oox::drawingml::ColorPropertySet::setColor(int)
-oox::drawingml::CustomShapeProperties::apply(boost::shared_ptr<oox::drawingml::CustomShapeProperties> const&)
 oox::drawingml::CustomShapeProperties::getValue(std::__debug::vector<oox::drawingml::CustomShapeGuide, std::allocator<oox::drawingml::CustomShapeGuide> > const&, unsigned int) const
 oox::drawingml::Diagram::getLayoutId() const
 oox::drawingml::DiagramLayout::layout(std::__debug::vector<oox::drawingml::dgm::Point, std::allocator<oox::drawingml::dgm::Point> > const&, com::sun::star::awt::Point const&)