diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_text.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_text.h
index fa9e184b7..df3cf27e3 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_text.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_text.h
@@ -188,8 +188,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		int luaSetLineMaxW(CLuaState &ls);
 
-		bool handleEvent( const NLGUI::CEventDescriptor &evnt );
-
 		REFLECT_EXPORT_START(CViewText, CViewBase)
 			REFLECT_STRING("hardtext", getHardText, setHardText);
 			REFLECT_UCSTRING("uc_hardtext", getText, setText);
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
index b9d58ae45..85e76a09c 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/view_text.cpp
@@ -2945,11 +2945,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		}
 	}
 
-	bool CViewText::handleEvent( const NLGUI::CEventDescriptor &evnt )
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	void CViewText::serial(NLMISC::IStream &f)
 	{