diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
index 0eff725a56..fe76043a33 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ public:
 	std::shared_ptr<Route> get_remote_nth_route (PresentationInfo::order_t n) const;
 	std::shared_ptr<Route> route_by_selected_count (uint32_t cnt) const;
 	void routes_using_input_from (const std::string& str, RouteList& rl);
-	void find_matching_stripables_by_partial_name (std::string const & partial, std::vector<std::string>&) const;
 
 	bool route_name_unique (std::string) const;
 	bool route_name_internal (std::string) const;
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index 1eeb64e353..56f41f1992 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -4483,19 +4483,6 @@ Session::stripable_by_name (string name) const
 	return nullptr;
 }
 
-void
-Session::find_matching_stripables_by_partial_name (std::string const & partial, std::vector<std::string>& matches) const
-{
-	StripableList sl;
-	get_stripables (sl);
-
-	for (auto & s : sl) {
-		if (s->name().find (partial) == 0) {
-			matches.push_back (s->name());
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 std::shared_ptr<Route>
 Session::route_by_id (PBD::ID id) const
 {