diff --git a/src/core/stylehelper.cpp b/src/core/stylehelper.cpp
index 88e489c9d..f7817d2bb 100644
--- a/src/core/stylehelper.cpp
+++ b/src/core/stylehelper.cpp
@@ -369,79 +369,6 @@ QPixmap StyleHelper::disabledSideBarIcon(const QPixmap &enabledicon) {
 
 }
 
-// Draws a cached pixmap with shadow
-void StyleHelper::drawIconWithShadow(const QIcon &icon, const QRect &rect, QPainter *p, QIcon::Mode iconMode, int dipRadius, const QColor &color, const QPoint &dipOffset) {
-
-  QPixmap cache;
-  const int devicePixelRatio = p->device()->devicePixelRatio();
-  QString pixmapName = QString::fromLatin1("icon %0 %1 %2 %3").arg(icon.cacheKey()).arg(iconMode).arg(rect.height()).arg(devicePixelRatio);
-
-  if (!QPixmapCache::find(pixmapName, &cache)) {
-    // High-dpi support: The in parameters (rect, radius, offset) are in
-    // device-independent pixels. The call to QIcon::pixmap() below might
-    // return a high-dpi pixmap, which will in that case have a devicePixelRatio
-    // different than 1. The shadow drawing caluculations are done in device
-    // pixels.
-    QWindow *window = dynamic_cast<QWidget*>(p->device())->window()->windowHandle();
-    QPixmap px = icon.pixmap(window, rect.size(), iconMode);
-    int radius = dipRadius * devicePixelRatio;
-    QPoint offset = dipOffset * devicePixelRatio;
-    cache = QPixmap(px.size() + QSize(radius * 2, radius * 2));
-    cache.fill(Qt::transparent);
-
-    QPainter cachePainter(&cache);
-    if (iconMode == QIcon::Disabled) {
-      const bool hasDisabledState = icon.availableSizes().count() == icon.availableSizes(QIcon::Disabled).count();
-      if (!hasDisabledState)
-        px = disabledSideBarIcon(icon.pixmap(window, rect.size()));
-    }
-
-    // Draw shadow
-    QImage tmp(px.size() + QSize(radius * 2, radius * 2 + 1), QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied);
-    tmp.fill(Qt::transparent);
-
-    QPainter tmpPainter(&tmp);
-    tmpPainter.setCompositionMode(QPainter::CompositionMode_Source);
-    tmpPainter.drawPixmap(QRect(radius, radius, px.width(), px.height()), px);
-    tmpPainter.end();
-
-    // blur the alpha channel
-    QImage blurred(tmp.size(), QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied);
-    blurred.fill(Qt::transparent);
-    QPainter blurPainter(&blurred);
-    qt_blurImage(&blurPainter, tmp, radius, false, true);
-    blurPainter.end();
-
-    tmp = blurred;
-
-    // blacken the image...
-    tmpPainter.begin(&tmp);
-    tmpPainter.setCompositionMode(QPainter::CompositionMode_SourceIn);
-    tmpPainter.fillRect(tmp.rect(), color);
-    tmpPainter.end();
-
-    tmpPainter.begin(&tmp);
-    tmpPainter.setCompositionMode(QPainter::CompositionMode_SourceIn);
-    tmpPainter.fillRect(tmp.rect(), color);
-    tmpPainter.end();
-
-    // draw the blurred drop shadow...
-    cachePainter.drawImage(QRect(0, 0, cache.rect().width(), cache.rect().height()), tmp);
-
-    // Draw the actual pixmap...
-    cachePainter.drawPixmap(QRect(QPoint(radius, radius) + offset, QSize(px.width(), px.height())), px);
-    cachePainter.end();
-    cache.setDevicePixelRatio(devicePixelRatio);
-    QPixmapCache::insert(pixmapName, cache);
-  }
-
-  QRect targetRect = cache.rect();
-  targetRect.setSize(targetRect.size() / cache.devicePixelRatio());
-  targetRect.moveCenter(rect.center() - dipOffset);
-  p->drawPixmap(targetRect, cache);
-
-}
-
 // Draws a CSS-like border image where the defined borders are not stretched
 // Unit for rect, left, top, right and bottom is user pixels
 void StyleHelper::drawCornerImage(const QImage &img, QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
diff --git a/src/core/stylehelper.h b/src/core/stylehelper.h
index 282cc1c38..c7ed596ca 100644
--- a/src/core/stylehelper.h
+++ b/src/core/stylehelper.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ public:
     static bool usePixmapCache() { return true; }
 
     static QPixmap disabledSideBarIcon(const QPixmap &enabledicon);
-    static void drawIconWithShadow(const QIcon &icon, const QRect &rect, QPainter *p, QIcon::Mode iconMode, int dipRadius = 3, const QColor &color = QColor(0, 0, 0, 130), const QPoint &dipOffset = QPoint(1, -2));
     static void drawCornerImage(const QImage &img, QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect, int left = 0, int top = 0, int right = 0, int bottom = 0);
 
     static void tintImage(QImage &img, const QColor &tintColor);