diff --git a/Framework/Geometry/inc/MantidGeometry/Objects/CSGObject.h b/Framework/Geometry/inc/MantidGeometry/Objects/CSGObject.h
index 3fa15438e5b2f217e847d33105ffcf3c4694f9dd..26b173e33cccbce0548c01dfa1f5fae595633d23 100644
--- a/Framework/Geometry/inc/MantidGeometry/Objects/CSGObject.h
+++ b/Framework/Geometry/inc/MantidGeometry/Objects/CSGObject.h
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ public:
   void initDraw() const override;
   // Get Geometry Handler
   boost::shared_ptr<GeometryHandler> getGeometryHandler() const override;
-  virtual boost::shared_ptr<const GeometryHandler>
-  getGeometryHandler() const override;
   /// Set Geometry Handler
   void setGeometryHandler(boost::shared_ptr<GeometryHandler> h);
 
diff --git a/Framework/Geometry/inc/MantidGeometry/Objects/IObject.h b/Framework/Geometry/inc/MantidGeometry/Objects/IObject.h
index 44358524c395ef1cb2d619896a2dc930b3d78181..92f4c32efe2674b687310c71d12767c9e14ab04b 100644
--- a/Framework/Geometry/inc/MantidGeometry/Objects/IObject.h
+++ b/Framework/Geometry/inc/MantidGeometry/Objects/IObject.h
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ public:
   virtual void GetObjectGeom(detail::ShapeInfo::GeometryShape &type,
                              std::vector<Kernel::V3D> &vectors,
                              double &myradius, double &myheight) const = 0;
-  virtual boost::shared_ptr<const GeometryHandler>
-  getGeometryHandler() const = 0;
-
   // Rendering
   virtual void draw() const = 0;
   virtual void initDraw() const = 0;
diff --git a/Framework/Geometry/src/Objects/CSGObject.cpp b/Framework/Geometry/src/Objects/CSGObject.cpp
index 3e751683e89e2c54d105cff213bd2d73d679e2fa..ee88d0106064d96fac71ad90b213d7540984b1e5 100644
--- a/Framework/Geometry/src/Objects/CSGObject.cpp
+++ b/Framework/Geometry/src/Objects/CSGObject.cpp
@@ -2100,10 +2100,6 @@ boost::shared_ptr<GeometryHandler> CSGObject::getGeometryHandler() const {
   return m_handler;
 }
 
-boost::shared_ptr<const GeometryHandler> CSGObject::getGeometryHandler() const {
-  return m_handler;
-}
-
 /**
 * Updates the geometry handler if needed
 */