diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPy.xml b/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPy.xml
index 4698128f1..7172b2fb9 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPy.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,5 @@
       <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="Juergen Riegel" EMail="FreeCAD@juergen-riegel.net" />
       <UserDocu>This object represents a 2D Shape in a 3D World</UserDocu>
     </Documentation>
-    <Methode Name="positionBySupport">
-      <Documentation>
-        <UserDocu>positionBySupport(): Reposition object based on Support, MapMode and MapPathParameter properties.
-Returns True if attachment calculation was successful, false if object is not attached and Placement wasn't updated,
-and raises an exception if attachment calculation fails.</UserDocu>
-      </Documentation>
-    </Methode>
   </PythonExport>
 </GenerateModel>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPyImp.cpp
index ed5a01b2c..795e5aba4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPyImp.cpp
@@ -16,23 +16,6 @@ std::string Part2DObjectPy::representation(void) const
     return std::string("<Part::Part2DObject>");
 }
 
-PyObject* Part2DObjectPy::positionBySupport(PyObject *args)
-{
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
-        return 0;
-    bool bAttached = false;
-    try{
-        bAttached = this->getPart2DObjectPtr()->positionBySupport();
-    } catch (Standard_Failure) {
-        Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
-        PyErr_SetString(PartExceptionOCCError, e->GetMessageString());
-        return NULL;
-    } catch (Base::Exception &e) {
-        PyErr_SetString(Base::BaseExceptionFreeCADError, e.what());
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    return Py::new_reference_to(Py::Boolean(bAttached));
-}
 
 
 PyObject *Part2DObjectPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/) const