diff --git a/ext/libstrawberry-tagreader/tagreaderbase.cpp b/ext/libstrawberry-tagreader/tagreaderbase.cpp
index 8e807e5c3..e98382bec 100644
--- a/ext/libstrawberry-tagreader/tagreaderbase.cpp
+++ b/ext/libstrawberry-tagreader/tagreaderbase.cpp
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ const std::string TagReaderBase::kEmbeddedCover = "(embedded)";
 TagReaderBase::TagReaderBase() = default;
 TagReaderBase::~TagReaderBase() = default;
 
-void TagReaderBase::Decode(const QString &tag, std::string *output) {
-
-  const QByteArray data = tag.toUtf8();
-  output->assign(data.constData(), data.size());
-
-}
-
 float TagReaderBase::ConvertPOPMRating(const int POPM_rating) {
 
   if (POPM_rating < 0x01) return 0.0F;
diff --git a/ext/libstrawberry-tagreader/tagreaderbase.h b/ext/libstrawberry-tagreader/tagreaderbase.h
index f75d22e6a..49aa73484 100644
--- a/ext/libstrawberry-tagreader/tagreaderbase.h
+++ b/ext/libstrawberry-tagreader/tagreaderbase.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ class TagReaderBase {
   virtual bool SaveSongPlaycountToFile(const QString &filename, const spb::tagreader::SongMetadata &song) const = 0;
   virtual bool SaveSongRatingToFile(const QString &filename, const spb::tagreader::SongMetadata &song) const = 0;
 
-  static void Decode(const QString &tag, std::string *output);
-
   static float ConvertPOPMRating(const int POPM_rating);
   static int ConvertToPOPMRating(const float rating);