diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
index e872511ac..a9bdd2705 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ void NotifyQt::notifyTurtleSearchResult(const RsPeerId& pid,uint32_t search_id,c
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef TO_REMOVE
 void NotifyQt::notifyHashingInfo(uint32_t type, const std::string& fileinfo)
 {
 	QString info;
@@ -610,6 +611,7 @@ void NotifyQt::notifyHashingInfo(uint32_t type, const std::string& fileinfo)
 
 	emit hashingInfoChanged(info);
 }
+#endif
 
 void NotifyQt::notifyHistoryChanged(uint32_t msgId, int type)
 {
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.h
index 30ef6b1e2..19bd20bba 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.h
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ class NotifyQt: public QObject, public NotifyClient
 		virtual void notifyChatStatus(const ChatId &chat_id,const std::string& status_string);
 		virtual void notifyChatCleared(const ChatId &chat_id);
 		virtual void notifyCustomState(const std::string& peer_id, const std::string& status_string);
+#ifdef TO_REMOVE
 		virtual void notifyHashingInfo(uint32_t type, const std::string& fileinfo);
+#endif
 		virtual void notifyTurtleSearchResult(const RsPeerId &pid, uint32_t search_id, const std::list<TurtleFileInfo>& found_files);
 		virtual void notifyTurtleSearchResult(uint32_t search_id,const std::list<TurtleGxsInfo>& found_groups);
 		virtual void notifyPeerHasNewAvatar(std::string peer_id) ;