diff --git a/src/Screen.cpp b/src/Screen.cpp
index 4c8380ca..2584332a 100644
--- a/src/Screen.cpp
+++ b/src/Screen.cpp
@@ -734,19 +734,6 @@ void Screen::displayCharacter(unsigned short c)
     cuX = newCursorX;
 }
 
-void Screen::compose(const QString& /*compose*/)
-{
-    Q_ASSERT( 0 /*Not implemented yet*/ );
-
-    /*  if (lastPos == -1)
-        return;
-
-        QChar c(image[lastPos].character);
-        compose.prepend(c);
-    //compose.compose(); ### FIXME!
-    image[lastPos].character = compose[0].unicode();*/
-}
-
 int Screen::scrolledLines() const
 {
     return _scrolledLines;
diff --git a/src/Screen.h b/src/Screen.h
index a21ee464..0e113805 100644
--- a/src/Screen.h
+++ b/src/Screen.h
@@ -347,10 +347,7 @@ public:
      * character already at the current cursor position.  
      */ 
     void displayCharacter(unsigned short c);
-    
-    // Do composition with last shown character FIXME: Not implemented yet for KDE 4
-    void compose(const QString& compose);
-    
+
     /** 
      * Resizes the image to a new fixed size of @p new_lines by @p new_columns.  
      * In the case that @p new_columns is smaller than the current number of columns,