diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderPad.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderPad.cpp
index 3c7745a67..974fe69c0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderPad.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderPad.cpp
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ void ViewProviderPad::setupContextMenu(QMenu* menu, QObject* receiver, const cha
     PartGui::ViewProviderPart::setupContextMenu(menu, receiver, member);
 }
 
-bool ViewProviderPad::doubleClicked(void)
-{
-    Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"Gui.activeDocument().setEdit('%s',0)",this->pcObject->getNameInDocument());
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool ViewProviderPad::setEdit(int ModNum)
 {
     if (ModNum == ViewProvider::Default || ModNum == 1 ) {
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderPad.h b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderPad.h
index 7f7b82ed6..3116a8c80 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderPad.h
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderPad.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ public:
     /// grouping handling 
     std::vector<App::DocumentObject*> claimChildren(void)const;
     void setupContextMenu(QMenu*, QObject*, const char*);
-    bool doubleClicked();
 
     virtual bool onDelete(const std::vector<std::string> &);