diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDEvents/src/MDHistoWorkspaceIterator.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDEvents/src/MDHistoWorkspaceIterator.cpp
index a7fdba24e77080849e78677a9f8d68e2d519cf81..9f57b74cd2df8e1a2796f09db6eac8dd7dac2a5c 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDEvents/src/MDHistoWorkspaceIterator.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDEvents/src/MDHistoWorkspaceIterator.cpp
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@ using Mantid::Geometry::IMDDimension_const_sptr;
 
 namespace Mantid {
 namespace MDEvents {
-namespace {
-size_t integerPower(const size_t base, const size_t pow) {
-  size_t result = 1;
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < pow; ++i) {
-    result *= base;
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-}
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /** Constructor