diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol.cpp
index 9a61312910..53d736eab1 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol.cpp
@@ -594,13 +594,6 @@ void QQuickTextControlPrivate::extendBlockwiseSelection(int suggestedNewPosition
     }
 }
 
-void QQuickTextControlPrivate::_q_deleteSelected()
-{
-    if (!(interactionFlags & Qt::TextEditable) || !cursor.hasSelection())
-        return;
-    cursor.removeSelectedText();
-}
-
 void QQuickTextControl::undo()
 {
     Q_D(QQuickTextControl);
@@ -690,14 +683,6 @@ void QQuickTextControl::paste(QClipboard::Mode mode)
 }
 #endif
 
-void QQuickTextControl::clear()
-{
-    Q_D(QQuickTextControl);
-    // clears and sets empty content
-    d->setContent();
-}
-
-
 void QQuickTextControl::selectAll()
 {
     Q_D(QQuickTextControl);
@@ -1527,13 +1512,6 @@ QVariant QQuickTextControl::inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery property) cons
     }
 }
 
-void QQuickTextControl::setFocus(bool focus, Qt::FocusReason reason)
-{
-    QFocusEvent ev(focus ? QEvent::FocusIn : QEvent::FocusOut,
-                   reason);
-    processEvent(&ev);
-}
-
 void QQuickTextControlPrivate::focusEvent(QFocusEvent *e)
 {
     Q_Q(QQuickTextControl);
@@ -1555,31 +1533,6 @@ void QQuickTextControlPrivate::focusEvent(QFocusEvent *e)
     }
 }
 
-QString QQuickTextControlPrivate::anchorForCursor(const QTextCursor &anchorCursor) const
-{
-    if (anchorCursor.hasSelection()) {
-        QTextCursor cursor = anchorCursor;
-        if (cursor.selectionStart() != cursor.position())
-            cursor.setPosition(cursor.selectionStart());
-        cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::NextCharacter);
-        QTextCharFormat fmt = cursor.charFormat();
-        if (fmt.isAnchor() && fmt.hasProperty(QTextFormat::AnchorHref))
-            return fmt.stringProperty(QTextFormat::AnchorHref);
-    }
-    return QString();
-}
-
-QTextCursor QQuickTextControl::cursorForPosition(const QPointF &pos) const
-{
-    Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
-    int cursorPos = hitTest(pos, Qt::FuzzyHit);
-    if (cursorPos == -1)
-        cursorPos = 0;
-    QTextCursor c(d->doc);
-    c.setPosition(cursorPos);
-    return c;
-}
-
 QRectF QQuickTextControl::cursorRect(const QTextCursor &cursor) const
 {
     Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
@@ -1609,23 +1562,6 @@ QString QQuickTextControl::anchorAt(const QPointF &pos) const
     return d->doc->documentLayout()->anchorAt(pos);
 }
 
-QString QQuickTextControl::anchorAtCursor() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
-
-    return d->anchorForCursor(d->cursor);
-}
-
-int QQuickTextControl::cursorWidth() const
-{
-#ifndef QT_NO_PROPERTIES
-    Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
-    return d->doc->documentLayout()->property("cursorWidth").toInt();
-#else
-    return 1;
-#endif
-}
-
 void QQuickTextControl::setCursorWidth(int width)
 {
     Q_D(QQuickTextControl);
@@ -1639,36 +1575,12 @@ void QQuickTextControl::setCursorWidth(int width)
     d->repaintCursor();
 }
 
-bool QQuickTextControl::acceptRichText() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
-    return d->acceptRichText;
-}
-
 void QQuickTextControl::setAcceptRichText(bool accept)
 {
     Q_D(QQuickTextControl);
     d->acceptRichText = accept;
 }
 
-void QQuickTextControl::setTextWidth(qreal width)
-{
-    Q_D(QQuickTextControl);
-    d->doc->setTextWidth(width);
-}
-
-qreal QQuickTextControl::textWidth() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
-    return d->doc->textWidth();
-}
-
-QSizeF QQuickTextControl::size() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
-    return d->doc->size();
-}
-
 void QQuickTextControl::moveCursor(QTextCursor::MoveOperation op, QTextCursor::MoveMode mode)
 {
     Q_D(QQuickTextControl);
@@ -1700,24 +1612,12 @@ void QQuickTextControl::setCursorIsFocusIndicator(bool b)
     d->repaintCursor();
 }
 
-bool QQuickTextControl::cursorIsFocusIndicator() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
-    return d->cursorIsFocusIndicator;
-}
-
 void QQuickTextControl::setWordSelectionEnabled(bool enabled)
 {
     Q_D(QQuickTextControl);
     d->wordSelectionEnabled = enabled;
 }
 
-bool QQuickTextControl::isWordSelectionEnabled() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
-    return d->wordSelectionEnabled;
-}
-
 QMimeData *QQuickTextControl::createMimeDataFromSelection() const
 {
     Q_D(const QQuickTextControl);
diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol_p.h b/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol_p.h
index 97ecdc4c6e..9e3fc90eb1 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol_p.h
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol_p.h
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT QQuickTextControl : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(QQuickTextControl)
-#ifndef QT_NO_TEXTHTMLPARSER
-    Q_PROPERTY(QString html READ toHtml WRITE setHtml NOTIFY textChanged USER true)
-#endif
-    Q_PROPERTY(bool acceptRichText READ acceptRichText WRITE setAcceptRichText)
-    Q_PROPERTY(int cursorWidth READ cursorWidth WRITE setCursorWidth)
-    Q_PROPERTY(Qt::TextInteractionFlags textInteractionFlags READ textInteractionFlags WRITE setTextInteractionFlags)
 public:
     explicit QQuickTextControl(QTextDocument *doc, QObject *parent = 0);
     virtual ~QQuickTextControl();
@@ -104,7 +98,6 @@ class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT QQuickTextControl : public QObject
     QString toHtml() const;
 #endif
 
-    QTextCursor cursorForPosition(const QPointF &pos) const;
     QRectF cursorRect(const QTextCursor &cursor) const;
     QRectF cursorRect() const;
     QRectF selectionRect(const QTextCursor &cursor) const;
@@ -112,26 +105,15 @@ class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT QQuickTextControl : public QObject
 
     QString anchorAt(const QPointF &pos) const;
 
-    QString anchorAtCursor() const;
-
-    int cursorWidth() const;
     void setCursorWidth(int width);
 
-    bool acceptRichText() const;
     void setAcceptRichText(bool accept);
 
-    void setTextWidth(qreal width);
-    qreal textWidth() const;
-    QSizeF size() const;
-
     void moveCursor(QTextCursor::MoveOperation op, QTextCursor::MoveMode mode = QTextCursor::MoveAnchor);
 
     bool canPaste() const;
 
     void setCursorIsFocusIndicator(bool b);
-    bool cursorIsFocusIndicator() const;
-
-    bool isWordSelectionEnabled() const;
     void setWordSelectionEnabled(bool enabled);
 
     virtual int hitTest(const QPointF &point, Qt::HitTestAccuracy accuracy) const;
@@ -151,7 +133,6 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     void undo();
     void redo();
 
-    void clear();
     void selectAll();
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
@@ -175,9 +156,6 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     virtual void processEvent(QEvent *e, const QMatrix &matrix);
     void processEvent(QEvent *e, const QPointF &coordinateOffset = QPointF());
 
-    // control methods
-    void setFocus(bool focus, Qt::FocusReason = Qt::OtherFocusReason);
-
     virtual QVariant inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery property) const;
 
     virtual QMimeData *createMimeDataFromSelection() const;
@@ -195,7 +173,6 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(QQuickTextControl)
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_updateCurrentCharFormatAndSelection())
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_emitCursorPosChanged(const QTextCursor &))
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_deleteSelected())
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_updateBlock(const QTextBlock &))
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_documentLayoutChanged())
 };
diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol_p_p.h b/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol_p_p.h
index 44bc00221b..9d776ce46b 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol_p_p.h
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicktextcontrol_p_p.h
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ class QQuickTextControlPrivate : public QObjectPrivate
     void extendWordwiseSelection(int suggestedNewPosition, qreal mouseXPosition);
     void extendBlockwiseSelection(int suggestedNewPosition);
 
-    void _q_deleteSelected();
-
     void _q_setCursorAfterUndoRedo(int undoPosition, int charsAdded, int charsRemoved);
 
     QRectF cursorRectPlusUnicodeDirectionMarkers(const QTextCursor &cursor) const;
@@ -116,8 +114,6 @@ class QQuickTextControlPrivate : public QObjectPrivate
     inline QRectF selectionRect() const
     { return selectionRect(this->cursor); }
 
-    QString anchorForCursor(const QTextCursor &anchor) const;
-
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e);
     void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event, const QPointF &pos);
     void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event, const QPointF &pos);