diff --git a/src/notifications/Manager.h b/src/notifications/Manager.h
index b5347bd611d42b1b95f7ef9b35447cd42664ed40..4c9852ccf1942cf80e621563fa5df3cffb165df7 100644
--- a/src/notifications/Manager.h
+++ b/src/notifications/Manager.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
         QDBusInterface dbus;
-        uint showNotification(const QString summary, const QString text, const QImage image);
         void closeNotification(uint id);
 
         // notification ID to (room ID, event ID)
diff --git a/src/notifications/ManagerLinux.cpp b/src/notifications/ManagerLinux.cpp
index 451e23b23de5589be9674a76eecc6f4b7f3268d7..a52a43e99d1b188153ca8ec90d45e02460ac24a9 100644
--- a/src/notifications/ManagerLinux.cpp
+++ b/src/notifications/ManagerLinux.cpp
@@ -86,18 +86,6 @@ NotificationsManager::postNotification(const QString &roomid,
     });
 }
 
-uint
-NotificationsManager::showNotification(const QString summary,
-                                       const QString text,
-                                       const QImage image)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(summary)
-    Q_UNUSED(text)
-    Q_UNUSED(image)
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 void
 NotificationsManager::closeNotification(uint id)
 {