diff --git a/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/inc/MantidQtCustomInterfaces/Muon/ALCDataLoadingView.h b/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/inc/MantidQtCustomInterfaces/Muon/ALCDataLoadingView.h
index d9329f7144829ae550b54e047e56440b3d27c514..938a902cfd2936b1db4d7cfdb9dae37fbf87393a 100644
--- a/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/inc/MantidQtCustomInterfaces/Muon/ALCDataLoadingView.h
+++ b/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/inc/MantidQtCustomInterfaces/Muon/ALCDataLoadingView.h
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ namespace CustomInterfaces
     void setAvailablePeriods(const std::vector<std::string> &periods);
     void setTimeLimits(double tMin, double tMax);
     void setTimeRange (double tMin, double tMax);
-    void setWaitingCursor();
-    void restoreCursor();
     void help();
 
     // -- End of IALCDataLoadingView interface -----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/inc/MantidQtCustomInterfaces/Muon/IALCDataLoadingView.h b/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/inc/MantidQtCustomInterfaces/Muon/IALCDataLoadingView.h
index c5772cdbea8abb1c925a670eb17131d0e9741511..09ebe86f25beb4ad850d174e57d3a8f33d90c254 100644
--- a/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/inc/MantidQtCustomInterfaces/Muon/IALCDataLoadingView.h
+++ b/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/inc/MantidQtCustomInterfaces/Muon/IALCDataLoadingView.h
@@ -119,12 +119,6 @@ namespace CustomInterfaces
     /// @param tMax :: Maximum X value available
     virtual void setTimeRange(double tMin, double tMax) = 0;
 
-    /// Set waiting cursor for long operation
-    virtual void setWaitingCursor() = 0;
-
-    /// Restore the original cursor
-    virtual void restoreCursor() = 0;
-
     /// Opens the Mantid Wiki web page
     virtual void help() = 0;
 
diff --git a/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/src/Muon/ALCDataLoadingPresenter.cpp b/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/src/Muon/ALCDataLoadingPresenter.cpp
index 4492c6f91876c40633eb1ee49b7bd44d6d9eba94..f080e742c2839917ead9e442f2766dd171fd5ff5 100644
--- a/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/src/Muon/ALCDataLoadingPresenter.cpp
+++ b/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/src/Muon/ALCDataLoadingPresenter.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace CustomInterfaces
 
   void ALCDataLoadingPresenter::load()
   {
-    m_view->setWaitingCursor();
 
     try
     {
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ namespace CustomInterfaces
       m_view->displayError(e.what());
     }
 
-    m_view->restoreCursor();
   }
 
   void ALCDataLoadingPresenter::updateAvailableInfo()
diff --git a/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/src/Muon/ALCDataLoadingView.cpp b/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/src/Muon/ALCDataLoadingView.cpp
index f2e6c9712f4cc86af3f1eea2f66670ae8ed47cac..84775ecd9ae21ed8717aec2ba04793b1bc9db4bd 100644
--- a/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/src/Muon/ALCDataLoadingView.cpp
+++ b/MantidQt/CustomInterfaces/src/Muon/ALCDataLoadingView.cpp
@@ -221,15 +221,5 @@ namespace CustomInterfaces
     MantidQt::API::HelpWindow::showCustomInterface(NULL, QString("Muon_ALC"));
   }
 
-  void ALCDataLoadingView::setWaitingCursor()
-  {
-    QApplication::setOverrideCursor(Qt::WaitCursor);
-  }
-
-  void ALCDataLoadingView::restoreCursor()
-  {
-    QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
-  }
-
 } // namespace CustomInterfaces
 } // namespace MantidQt