diff --git a/src/providers/virtual/qgsvirtuallayersourceselect.h b/src/providers/virtual/qgsvirtuallayersourceselect.h
index 3de21bcd3d5d..31ed616c38a1 100644
--- a/src/providers/virtual/qgsvirtuallayersourceselect.h
+++ b/src/providers/virtual/qgsvirtuallayersourceselect.h
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ class QgsVirtualLayerSourceSelect : public QgsAbstractDataSourceWidget, private
     void onTableRowChanged( const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex &previous );
     void updateLayersList();
 
-  signals:
-    //! Old_id, source, name, provider
-    void replaceVectorLayer( QString, QString, QString, QString );
 
   private:
     QgsVirtualLayerDefinition getVirtualLayerDef();