diff --git a/filter/source/msfilter/svdfppt.cxx b/filter/source/msfilter/svdfppt.cxx
index f9da59d7aca7..a122e6aac203 100644
--- a/filter/source/msfilter/svdfppt.cxx
+++ b/filter/source/msfilter/svdfppt.cxx
@@ -739,11 +739,6 @@ void ProcessData::NotifyFreeObj(SdrObject* pObj)
     }
 }
 
-void SdrEscherImport::NotifyFreeObj(SvxMSDffClientData& rData, SdrObject* pObj)
-{
-    rData.NotifyFreeObj(pObj);
-}
-
 /* ProcessObject is called from ImplSdPPTImport::ProcessObj to handle all application specific things,
    such as the import of text, animation effects, header footer and placeholder.
 
diff --git a/include/filter/msfilter/msdffimp.hxx b/include/filter/msfilter/msdffimp.hxx
index 4defc7f0b8bb..341dc2b5329e 100644
--- a/include/filter/msfilter/msdffimp.hxx
+++ b/include/filter/msfilter/msdffimp.hxx
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ protected:
                                    SvxMSDffClientData& rClientData,
                                    tools::Rectangle& rTextRect,
                                    SdrObject* pObj);
-    virtual void NotifyFreeObj(SvxMSDffClientData& rData, SdrObject* pObj);
+    void NotifyFreeObj(SvxMSDffClientData& rData, SdrObject* pObj);
     void FreeObj(SvxMSDffClientData& rData, SdrObject* pObj);
 
 
diff --git a/include/filter/msfilter/svdfppt.hxx b/include/filter/msfilter/svdfppt.hxx
index 574733030eed..efe56823e1c9 100644
--- a/include/filter/msfilter/svdfppt.hxx
+++ b/include/filter/msfilter/svdfppt.hxx
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@ public:
     void                RecolorGraphic( SvStream& rSt, sal_uInt32 nRecLen, Graphic& rGraph );
     virtual SdrObject*  ReadObjText( PPTTextObj* pTextObj, SdrObject* pObj, SdPageCapsule pPage ) const;
     virtual SdrObject*  ProcessObj( SvStream& rSt, DffObjData& rData, SvxMSDffClientData& rClientData, tools::Rectangle& rTextRect, SdrObject* pObj ) override;
-    virtual void        NotifyFreeObj(SvxMSDffClientData& rData, SdrObject* pObj) override;
     virtual void        ProcessClientAnchor2( SvStream& rSt, DffRecordHeader& rHd, DffObjData& rObj ) override;
     void                ImportHeaderFooterContainer( DffRecordHeader const & rHeader, HeaderFooterEntry& rEntry );
 };