diff --git a/kmreadermainwin.cpp b/kmreadermainwin.cpp
index af220580c..a43c56cfd 100644
--- a/kmreadermainwin.cpp
+++ b/kmreadermainwin.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ KMReaderMainWin::KMReaderMainWin( bool htmlOverride, bool htmlLoadExtOverride,
 {
   mReaderWin = new KMReaderWin( this, this, actionCollection() );
   //mReaderWin->setShowCompleteMessage( true );
-  mReaderWin->setAutoDelete( true );
   mReaderWin->setHtmlOverride( htmlOverride );
   mReaderWin->setHtmlLoadExtOverride( htmlLoadExtOverride );
   mReaderWin->setDecryptMessageOverwrite( true );
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ KMReaderMainWin::KMReaderMainWin( char *name )
   : KMail::SecondaryWindow( name ? name : "readerwindow#" )
 {
   mReaderWin = new KMReaderWin( this, this, actionCollection() );
-  mReaderWin->setAutoDelete( true );
   initKMReaderMainWin();
 }
 
diff --git a/kmreaderwin.cpp b/kmreaderwin.cpp
index 87fd541ea..0e2dd39d9 100644
--- a/kmreaderwin.cpp
+++ b/kmreaderwin.cpp
@@ -692,16 +692,6 @@ KUrl KMReaderWin::urlClicked() const
   return mViewer->urlClicked();
 }
 
-bool KMReaderWin::autoDelete(void) const
-{
-  return mViewer->autoDelete();
-}
-
-void KMReaderWin::setAutoDelete(bool f)
-{
-  mViewer->setAutoDelete( f );
-}
-
 void KMReaderWin::update( bool force )
 {
   mViewer->update( force ? Viewer::Force : Viewer::Delayed );
diff --git a/kmreaderwin.h b/kmreaderwin.h
index aa66070e6..1eae743a9 100644
--- a/kmreaderwin.h
+++ b/kmreaderwin.h
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@ public:
   /** Return selected text */
   QString copyText() const;
 
-  /** Get/set auto-delete msg flag. */
-  bool autoDelete(void) const;
-  void setAutoDelete(bool f);
-
   /** Override default html mail setting */
   bool htmlOverride() const;
   void setHtmlOverride( bool override );