diff --git a/src/CLI2.cpp b/src/CLI2.cpp
index 97346db27..991592661 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI2.cpp
@@ -2005,12 +2005,6 @@ void CLI2::decomposeModSubstitutions ()
     context.debug (dump ("CLI2::analyze decomposeModSubstitutions"));
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-bool CLI2::isTerminator (const std::string& raw) const
-{
-  return raw == "--";
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 bool CLI2::isUUIDList (const std::string& raw) const
 {
diff --git a/src/CLI2.h b/src/CLI2.h
index 78067d003..9f566ed9e 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.h
+++ b/src/CLI2.h
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ private:
   void decomposeModTags ();
   void decomposeModSubstitutions ();
 
-  bool isTerminator     (const std::string&) const;
   bool isUUIDList       (const std::string&) const;
   bool isPattern        (const std::string&) const;
   bool isSubstitution   (const std::string&) const;