diff --git a/include/search_stack.h b/include/search_stack.h
index 33067757af..79d99b84a6 100644
--- a/include/search_stack.h
+++ b/include/search_stack.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2014 CERN
- * Copyright (C) 1992-2014 KiCad Developers, see CHANGELOG.TXT for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 1992-2021 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
  * @author Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@cern.ch>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -70,17 +70,6 @@ public:
     wxString FilenameWithRelativePathInSearchList(
             const wxString& aFullFilename, const wxString& aBaseDir );
 
-    wxString FindValidPath( const wxString& aFileName ) const
-    {
-#if 1   // might not be needed
-
-        if( wxFileName::FileExists( aFileName ) )
-            return aFileName;
-        else
-#endif
-            return wxPathList::FindValidPath( aFileName );
-    }
-
     /**
      * Function AddPaths
      * insert or append path(s)