diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/progressloggerinterface.h b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/progressloggerinterface.h
index 9431b0d25d..ae4270ae6b 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/progressloggerinterface.h
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/progressloggerinterface.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ signals:
 
 
 public slots:
-    virtual void addItem(const QString &text)=0; //! add a string to the progress
     virtual void addItem(const QString &text, int flag)=0; //! add a string to the list, with icon
 
     virtual void close()=0;
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/progressloggergui.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/progressloggergui.cpp
index ed76b43d9b..37e0908ae0 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/progressloggergui.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/progressloggergui.cpp
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ ProgressLoggerGui::ProgressLoggerGui(QWidget* parent): ProgressloggerInterface(p
     setRunning();
 }
 
-void ProgressLoggerGui::addItem(const QString &text)
-{
-    addItem(text, LOGNOICON);
-}
-
 void ProgressLoggerGui::addItem(const QString &text, int flag)
 {
     QListWidgetItem* item = new QListWidgetItem(text);
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/progressloggergui.h b/rbutil/rbutilqt/progressloggergui.h
index 90d22d79d5..ce9a8c9fa7 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/progressloggergui.h
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/progressloggergui.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ signals:
     void closed();
 
 public slots:
-    virtual void addItem(const QString &text);  //! add a string to the progress list
     virtual void addItem(const QString &text, int flag);  //! add a string to the list
     virtual void setProgress(int, int); //! set progress bar