diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDimension.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDimension.cpp
index f07bccb899..fab6b5a652 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDimension.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDimension.cpp
@@ -221,12 +221,3 @@ void ViewProviderDimension::handleChangedPropertyType(Base::XMLReader &reader, c
         LineWidth.setValue(LineWidthProperty.getValue());
     }
 }
-
-bool ViewProviderDimension::canDelete(App::DocumentObject *obj) const
-{
-    // deletions of objects from a ProjGroupItem don't necesarily destroy anything
-    // thus we can pass this action
-    // we can warn the user if necessary in the object's ViewProvider in the onDelete() function
-    Q_UNUSED(obj)
-        return true;
-}
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDimension.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDimension.h
index 73cfa72100..480f03c560 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDimension.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDimension.h
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ public:
     double prefFontSize() const;
     double prefWeight() const;
     int prefStandardAndStyle() const;
-    virtual bool canDelete(App::DocumentObject* obj) const;
 
 protected:
     virtual void handleChangedPropertyType(Base::XMLReader &reader, const char *TypeName, App::Property * prop);