diff --git a/src/modules/keyboard/SetKeyboardLayoutJob.cpp b/src/modules/keyboard/SetKeyboardLayoutJob.cpp
index 2b600eea3..929b4df3f 100644
--- a/src/modules/keyboard/SetKeyboardLayoutJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/keyboard/SetKeyboardLayoutJob.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QTextStream>
 
+namespace
+{
+QStringList
+removeEmpty(QStringList& list)
+{
+    list.removeAll(QString());
+    return list;
+}
+}
 
 SetKeyboardLayoutJob::SetKeyboardLayoutJob( const QString& model,
                                             const QString& layout,
@@ -177,14 +186,6 @@ SetKeyboardLayoutJob::findLegacyKeymap() const
     return ::findLegacyKeymap( m_layout, m_model, m_variant );
 }
 
-QStringList
-SetKeyboardLayoutJob::removeEmpty(QStringList& list) const
-{
-    list.removeAll(QString());
-    return list;
-}
-
-
 bool
 SetKeyboardLayoutJob::writeVConsoleData( const QString& vconsoleConfPath, const QString& convertedKeymapPath ) const
 {
diff --git a/src/modules/keyboard/SetKeyboardLayoutJob.h b/src/modules/keyboard/SetKeyboardLayoutJob.h
index 306ebd71b..87aa8ff73 100644
--- a/src/modules/keyboard/SetKeyboardLayoutJob.h
+++ b/src/modules/keyboard/SetKeyboardLayoutJob.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ private:
     bool writeVConsoleData( const QString& vconsoleConfPath, const QString& convertedKeymapPath ) const;
     bool writeX11Data( const QString& keyboardConfPath ) const;
     bool writeDefaultKeyboardData( const QString& defaultKeyboardPath ) const;
-    QStringList removeEmpty(QStringList& list) const;
 
     QString m_model;
     QString m_layout;