diff --git a/preprocessor/NumericalInitialization.cc b/preprocessor/NumericalInitialization.cc
index de910dc0b..e588bc0d0 100644
--- a/preprocessor/NumericalInitialization.cc
+++ b/preprocessor/NumericalInitialization.cc
@@ -543,10 +543,3 @@ LoadParamsAndSteadyStateStatement::fillEvalContext(eval_context_t &eval_context)
        it != content.end(); it++)
     eval_context[it->first] = atof(it->second.c_str());
 }
-
-Statement *
-LoadParamsAndSteadyStateStatement::cloneAndReindexSymbIds(DataTree &dynamic_datatree, SymbolTable &orig_symbol_table)
-{
-  WarningConsolidation warnings(false);
-  return new LoadParamsAndSteadyStateStatement(filename, *(dynamic_datatree.getSymbolTable()), warnings);
-}
diff --git a/preprocessor/NumericalInitialization.hh b/preprocessor/NumericalInitialization.hh
index 913e27307..84f047708 100644
--- a/preprocessor/NumericalInitialization.hh
+++ b/preprocessor/NumericalInitialization.hh
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ public:
   virtual void writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename) const;
   //! Fill eval context with parameters/variables values
   void fillEvalContext(eval_context_t &eval_context) const;
-  virtual Statement *cloneAndReindexSymbIds(DataTree &dynamic_datatree, SymbolTable &orig_symbol_table);
 };
 
 #endif