diff --git a/poppler/CairoOutputDev.h b/poppler/CairoOutputDev.h
index 2ac1fd5..d35c899 100644
--- a/poppler/CairoOutputDev.h
+++ b/poppler/CairoOutputDev.h
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ public:
 			       CharCode code, Unicode *u, int uLen);
   virtual void endType3Char(GfxState *state);
   virtual void beginTextObject(GfxState *state);
-  virtual GBool deviceHasTextClip(GfxState *state) { return textClipPath; }
   virtual void endTextObject(GfxState *state);
 
   //----- image drawing
diff --git a/poppler/OutputDev.h b/poppler/OutputDev.h
index 5cf87cc..abccffe 100644
--- a/poppler/OutputDev.h
+++ b/poppler/OutputDev.h
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ public:
 			       CharCode /*code*/, Unicode * /*u*/, int /*uLen*/);
   virtual void endType3Char(GfxState * /*state*/) {}
   virtual void beginTextObject(GfxState * /*state*/) {}
-  virtual GBool deviceHasTextClip(GfxState * /*state*/) { return gFalse; }
   virtual void endTextObject(GfxState * /*state*/) {}
   virtual void incCharCount(int /*nChars*/) {}
   virtual void beginActualText(GfxState * /*state*/, GooString * /*text*/ ) {}
diff --git a/poppler/PSOutputDev.h b/poppler/PSOutputDev.h
index 58cbe46..f9dc63c 100644
--- a/poppler/PSOutputDev.h
+++ b/poppler/PSOutputDev.h
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ public:
   //----- text drawing
   virtual void drawString(GfxState *state, GooString *s);
   virtual void beginTextObject(GfxState *state);
-  virtual GBool deviceHasTextClip(GfxState *state) { return haveTextClip; }
   virtual void endTextObject(GfxState *state);
 
   //----- image drawing
diff --git a/poppler/SplashOutputDev.h b/poppler/SplashOutputDev.h
index 830356a..dbc1312 100644
--- a/poppler/SplashOutputDev.h
+++ b/poppler/SplashOutputDev.h
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ public:
 			       CharCode code, Unicode *u, int uLen);
   virtual void endType3Char(GfxState *state);
   virtual void beginTextObject(GfxState *state);
-  virtual GBool deviceHasTextClip(GfxState *state) { return textClipPath; }
   virtual void endTextObject(GfxState *state);
 
   //----- image drawing
diff --git a/utils/pdftohtml.cc b/utils/pdftohtml.cc
index 97372be..bcec8cb 100644
--- a/utils/pdftohtml.cc
+++ b/utils/pdftohtml.cc
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ public:
       CharCode code, Unicode *u, int uLen) { return false; }
   void endType3Char(GfxState *state) { }
   void beginTextObject(GfxState *state) { }
-  GBool deviceHasTextClip(GfxState *state) { return false; }
   void endTextObject(GfxState *state) { }
   GBool interpretType3Chars() { return gFalse; }
 };