diff --git a/accessible/src/base/nsApplicationAccessible.cpp b/accessible/src/base/nsApplicationAccessible.cpp
index 04fe298a6ef..0edb87041a2 100755
--- a/accessible/src/base/nsApplicationAccessible.cpp
+++ b/accessible/src/base/nsApplicationAccessible.cpp
@@ -91,14 +91,6 @@ nsApplicationAccessible::GetName(nsAString& aName)
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsApplicationAccessible::GetDescription(nsAString& aDescription)
-{
-  GetName(aDescription);
-  aDescription.AppendLiteral(" Application Accessible");
-  return NS_OK;
-}
-
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsApplicationAccessible::GetRole(PRUint32 *aRole)
 {
diff --git a/accessible/src/base/nsApplicationAccessible.h b/accessible/src/base/nsApplicationAccessible.h
index 9de715860e0..ba812af00a2 100755
--- a/accessible/src/base/nsApplicationAccessible.h
+++ b/accessible/src/base/nsApplicationAccessible.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public:
 
   // nsIAccessible
   NS_IMETHOD GetName(nsAString & aName);
-  NS_IMETHOD GetDescription(nsAString & aDescription);
   NS_IMETHOD GetRole(PRUint32 *aRole);
   NS_IMETHOD GetFinalRole(PRUint32 *aFinalRole);
   NS_IMETHOD GetState(PRUint32 *aState, PRUint32 *aExtraState);