diff --git a/lib/kwinglutils.cpp b/lib/kwinglutils.cpp
index 2b51c7c40d..9442e284ce 100644
--- a/lib/kwinglutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/kwinglutils.cpp
@@ -1087,12 +1087,6 @@ float GLShader::textureWidth()
     return mTextureWidth;
     }
 
-void GLShader::bindAttributeLocation(int index, const char* name)
-    {
-    glBindAttribLocation(mProgram, index, name);
-    // TODO: relink the shader
-    }
-
 QMatrix4x4 GLShader::getUniformMatrix4x4(const char* name)
 {
     int location = uniformLocation(name);
diff --git a/lib/kwinglutils.h b/lib/kwinglutils.h
index 342a18e6d5..7dffd6c03b 100644
--- a/lib/kwinglutils.h
+++ b/lib/kwinglutils.h
@@ -249,15 +249,6 @@ class KWIN_EXPORT GLShader
         bool setUniform(const char* name, const QColor& color);
         int attributeLocation(const char* name);
         bool setAttribute(const char* name, float value);
-        /**
-         * Binds an attribute location for this shader.
-         * The rendering pipeline assumes vertices to be bound to index 0
-         * and texcoords to index 1.
-         * @param index the index of the location to be bound
-         * @param name the name of the attribute
-         * @since 4.7
-         */
-        void bindAttributeLocation(int index, const char* name);
         /**
          * @return The value of the uniform as a matrix
          * @since 4.7