diff --git a/pyqt/sip/qtermwidget.sip b/pyqt/sip/qtermwidget.sip
index 21a10f8d..e023a781 100644
--- a/pyqt/sip/qtermwidget.sip
+++ b/pyqt/sip/qtermwidget.sip
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public:
     void setWorkingDirectory(const QString & dir);
     QString workingDirectory();
     void setArgs(QStringList & args);
-    void setTextCodec(QTextCodec *codec);
     void setColorScheme(const QString & name);
     QStringList getAvailableColorSchemes();
     static QStringList availableColorSchemes();