diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchengine.c b/gtk/gtksearchengine.c
index 007b888c00..1ae5cc6f66 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchengine.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchengine.c
@@ -149,15 +149,6 @@ _gtk_search_engine_stop (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
   GTK_SEARCH_ENGINE_GET_CLASS (engine)->stop (engine);
 }
 
-gboolean
-_gtk_search_engine_is_indexed (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
-{
-  g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_SEARCH_ENGINE (engine), FALSE);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_SEARCH_ENGINE_GET_CLASS (engine)->is_indexed != NULL, FALSE);
-
-  return GTK_SEARCH_ENGINE_GET_CLASS (engine)->is_indexed (engine);
-}
-
 void
 _gtk_search_engine_hits_added (GtkSearchEngine *engine,
                                GList           *hits)
diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchengine.h b/gtk/gtksearchengine.h
index 86366c1075..fc4b6d64ed 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchengine.h
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchengine.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ typedef struct _GtkSearchEngine GtkSearchEngine;
 typedef struct _GtkSearchEngineClass GtkSearchEngineClass;
 typedef struct _GtkSearchEnginePrivate GtkSearchEnginePrivate;
 
-struct _GtkSearchEngine 
+struct _GtkSearchEngine
 {
   GObject parent;
 
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct _GtkSearchEngineClass
 			       GtkQuery        *query);
   void     (*start)           (GtkSearchEngine *engine);
   void     (*stop)            (GtkSearchEngine *engine);
-  gboolean (*is_indexed)      (GtkSearchEngine *engine);
   
   /* Signals */
   void     (*hits_added)      (GtkSearchEngine *engine, 
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ void             _gtk_search_engine_set_query       (GtkSearchEngine *engine,
                                                      GtkQuery        *query);
 void	         _gtk_search_engine_start           (GtkSearchEngine *engine);
 void	         _gtk_search_engine_stop            (GtkSearchEngine *engine);
-gboolean         _gtk_search_engine_is_indexed      (GtkSearchEngine *engine);
 
 void	         _gtk_search_engine_hits_added      (GtkSearchEngine *engine, 
 						     GList           *hits);
diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchenginequartz.c b/gtk/gtksearchenginequartz.c
index fc8370d301..42f32eefdc 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchenginequartz.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchenginequartz.c
@@ -179,12 +179,6 @@ gtk_search_engine_quartz_stop (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
   QUARTZ_POOL_RELEASE;
 }
 
-static gboolean
-gtk_search_engine_quartz_is_indexed (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
-{
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static void
 gtk_search_engine_quartz_set_query (GtkSearchEngine *engine, 
 				    GtkQuery        *query)
@@ -228,7 +222,6 @@ _gtk_search_engine_quartz_class_init (GtkSearchEngineQuartzClass *class)
   engine_class->set_query = gtk_search_engine_quartz_set_query;
   engine_class->start = gtk_search_engine_quartz_start;
   engine_class->stop = gtk_search_engine_quartz_stop;
-  engine_class->is_indexed = gtk_search_engine_quartz_is_indexed;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchenginesimple.c b/gtk/gtksearchenginesimple.c
index 5c8b63d67b..47b3231c24 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchenginesimple.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchenginesimple.c
@@ -321,12 +321,6 @@ gtk_search_engine_simple_stop (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
     }
 }
 
-static gboolean
-gtk_search_engine_simple_is_indexed (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
-{
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
 static void
 gtk_search_engine_simple_set_query (GtkSearchEngine *engine,
 				    GtkQuery        *query)
@@ -357,7 +351,6 @@ _gtk_search_engine_simple_class_init (GtkSearchEngineSimpleClass *class)
   engine_class->set_query = gtk_search_engine_simple_set_query;
   engine_class->start = gtk_search_engine_simple_start;
   engine_class->stop = gtk_search_engine_simple_stop;
-  engine_class->is_indexed = gtk_search_engine_simple_is_indexed;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker.c b/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker.c
index d1505c1096..8d9dc37077 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker.c
@@ -411,12 +411,6 @@ gtk_search_engine_tracker_stop (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
     }
 }
 
-static gboolean
-gtk_search_engine_tracker_is_indexed (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
-{
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static void
 gtk_search_engine_tracker_set_query (GtkSearchEngine *engine,
                                      GtkQuery        *query)
@@ -447,7 +441,6 @@ _gtk_search_engine_tracker_class_init (GtkSearchEngineTrackerClass *class)
   engine_class->set_query = gtk_search_engine_tracker_set_query;
   engine_class->start = gtk_search_engine_tracker_start;
   engine_class->stop = gtk_search_engine_tracker_stop;
-  engine_class->is_indexed = gtk_search_engine_tracker_is_indexed;
 }
 
 static void