diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPTemplateScope.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPTemplateScope.java
index a2727c0f9b3..445cda7bc5f 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPTemplateScope.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/cpp/ICPPTemplateScope.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp;
 
-import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.DOMException;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IScope;
 
 /**
@@ -30,7 +29,4 @@ public interface ICPPTemplateScope extends ICPPScope {
 	 * @since 5.1
 	 */
 	public ICPPASTTemplateDeclaration getTemplateDeclaration();
-
-	@Deprecated
-	public ICPPTemplateDefinition getTemplateDefinition() throws DOMException;
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPTemplateScope.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPTemplateScope.java
index cb1aca0751b..10ce0ed8c42 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPTemplateScope.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPTemplateScope.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.EScopeKind;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTNode;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IScope;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTTemplateDeclaration;
-import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPTemplateDefinition;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPTemplateScope;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.CPPTemplates;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.CPPVisitor;
@@ -32,11 +31,6 @@ public class CPPTemplateScope extends CPPScope implements ICPPTemplateScope {
 		return EScopeKind.eTemplateDeclaration;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public ICPPTemplateDefinition getTemplateDefinition() {
-		return null;
-	}
-	
 	@Override
 	public ICPPASTTemplateDeclaration getTemplateDeclaration() {
 		return (ICPPASTTemplateDeclaration) getPhysicalNode();