diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapMeshes.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapMeshes.C
index 93b065e5cf..ea39848520 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapMeshes.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapMeshes.C
@@ -166,32 +166,4 @@ void Foam::mapSubMesh
 }
 
 
-Foam::wordList Foam::addProcessorPatches
-(
-    const fvMesh& meshTarget,
-    const wordList& cuttingPatches
-)
-{
-    // Add the processor patches to the cutting list
-    HashSet<word> cuttingPatchTable;
-    forAll(cuttingPatches, i)
-    {
-        cuttingPatchTable.insert(cuttingPatches[i]);
-    }
-
-    const polyBoundaryMesh& pbm = meshTarget.boundaryMesh();
-
-    forAll(pbm, patchi)
-    {
-        if (isA<processorPolyPatch>(pbm[patchi]))
-        {
-            const word& patchName = pbm[patchi].name();
-            cuttingPatchTable.insert(patchName);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return cuttingPatchTable.toc();
-}
-
-
 // ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapMeshes.H b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapMeshes.H
index edbf88474d..bb6e08df6a 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapMeshes.H
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/mapFieldsPar/mapMeshes.H
@@ -65,13 +65,6 @@ void mapSubMesh
 );
 
 
-wordList addProcessorPatches
-(
-    const fvMesh& meshTarget,
-    const wordList& cuttingPatches
-);
-
-
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 } // End namespace Foam