diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/nsNavBookmarks.cpp b/toolkit/components/places/nsNavBookmarks.cpp
index 864b9fccdb6a..9db95cce9fa7 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/nsNavBookmarks.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/nsNavBookmarks.cpp
@@ -418,43 +418,6 @@ nsNavBookmarks::CreateRoot(const nsCString& name,
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-
-bool
-nsNavBookmarks::IsRealBookmark(PRInt64 aPlaceId)
-{
-  nsCOMPtr<mozIStorageStatement> stmt = mDB->GetStatement(
-    "SELECT id "
-    "FROM moz_bookmarks "
-    "WHERE fk = :page_id "
-      "AND type = :item_type "
-      "AND parent NOT IN ("
-        "SELECT a.item_id "
-        "FROM moz_items_annos a "
-        "JOIN moz_anno_attributes n ON a.anno_attribute_id = n.id "
-        "WHERE n.name = :anno_name"
-      ") "
-  );
-  NS_ENSURE_TRUE(stmt, false);
-  mozStorageStatementScoper scoper(stmt);
-
-  nsresult rv = stmt->BindInt64ByName(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("page_id"), aPlaceId);
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
-  rv = stmt->BindInt32ByName(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("item_type"), TYPE_BOOKMARK);
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
-  rv = stmt->BindUTF8StringByName(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("anno_name"),
-                                  NS_LITERAL_CSTRING(LMANNO_FEEDURI));
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
-
-  // If we get any rows, then there exists at least one bookmark corresponding
-  // to aPlaceId that is not a livemark item.
-  bool isBookmark = false;
-  rv = stmt->ExecuteStep(&isBookmark);
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
-
-  return isBookmark;
-}
-
-
 // nsNavBookmarks::IsBookmarkedInDatabase
 //
 //    This checks to see if the specified place_id is actually bookmarked.
diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/nsNavBookmarks.h b/toolkit/components/places/nsNavBookmarks.h
index 2aea6b97ccfc..884210de1ab4 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/nsNavBookmarks.h
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/nsNavBookmarks.h
@@ -225,15 +225,6 @@ public:
                                  PRInt32* aIndex,
                                  PRInt64* aNewFolder);
 
-  /**
-   * Determines if we have a real bookmark or not (not a livemark).
-   *
-   * @param aPlaceId
-   *        The place_id of the location to check against.
-   * @return true if it's a real bookmark, false otherwise.
-   */
-  bool IsRealBookmark(PRInt64 aPlaceId);
-
   /**
    * Fetches information about the specified id from the database.
    *