diff --git a/RenderSystems/Direct3D11/include/OgreD3D11Mappings.h b/RenderSystems/Direct3D11/include/OgreD3D11Mappings.h
index 439c9c88585..989b7e7eb24 100644
--- a/RenderSystems/Direct3D11/include/OgreD3D11Mappings.h
+++ b/RenderSystems/Direct3D11/include/OgreD3D11Mappings.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ namespace Ogre
 		static DXGI_FORMAT get(VertexElementType vType);
 		/// Get vertex semantic
 		static LPCSTR get(VertexElementSemantic sem);
-		static VertexElementSemantic get(LPCSTR sem);
 
 		/// utility method, generates Ogre PixelBox using usual parameters and dataPtr/rowPitch/slicePitch from D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE
 		static PixelBox getPixelBoxWithMapping(D3D11_BOX extents, DXGI_FORMAT pixelFormat, const D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE& mapping);
diff --git a/RenderSystems/Direct3D11/src/OgreD3D11Mappings.cpp b/RenderSystems/Direct3D11/src/OgreD3D11Mappings.cpp
index 5595b8acb6f..cba7e2bfb3d 100644
--- a/RenderSystems/Direct3D11/src/OgreD3D11Mappings.cpp
+++ b/RenderSystems/Direct3D11/src/OgreD3D11Mappings.cpp
@@ -355,33 +355,6 @@ namespace Ogre
         return DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT;
     }
     //---------------------------------------------------------------------
-    VertexElementSemantic D3D11Mappings::get(LPCSTR sem)
-    {
-        // todo - add to ogre - POSITIONT and PSIZE ("Transformed vertex position" and "Point size")
-
-        if( strcmp(sem, "BLENDINDICES") == 0 )
-            return VES_BLEND_INDICES;
-        if( strcmp(sem, "BLENDWEIGHT") == 0 )
-            return VES_BLEND_WEIGHTS;
-        if( strcmp(sem, "COLOR") == 0 )
-            return VES_DIFFUSE;
-//      if( strcmp(sem, "COLOR") == 0 )
-//          return VES_SPECULAR;
-        if( strcmp(sem, "NORMAL") == 0 )
-            return VES_NORMAL;
-        if( strcmp(sem, "POSITION") == 0 )
-            return VES_POSITION;
-        if( strcmp(sem, "TEXCOORD") == 0 )
-            return VES_TEXTURE_COORDINATES;
-        if( strcmp(sem, "BINORMAL") == 0 )
-            return VES_BINORMAL;
-        if( strcmp(sem, "TANGENT") == 0 )
-            return VES_TANGENT;
-
-        // to keep compiler happy
-        return VES_POSITION;
-    }
-    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
     LPCSTR D3D11Mappings::get(VertexElementSemantic sem)
     {
         // todo - add to ogre - POSITIONT and PSIZE ("Transformed vertex position" and "Point size")