diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
index 60de4aa0ab..6b604ebe48 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
@@ -75,20 +75,6 @@ public:
         }
     };
 
-    struct UseShapeOp
-    {
-        const SVGState* state;
-        Path* sourcePath;
-        AffineTransform* transform;
-        Drawable* target;
-
-        bool operator() (const XmlPath& xmlPath)
-        {
-            target = state->parseShape (xmlPath, *sourcePath, true, transform);
-            return target != nullptr;
-        }
-    };
-
     struct UseTextOp
     {
         const SVGState* state;
@@ -690,22 +676,6 @@ private:
     }
 
     //==============================================================================
-
-    Drawable* useShape (const XmlPath& xml, Path& path) const
-    {
-        auto translation = AffineTransform::translation ((float) xml->getDoubleAttribute ("x", 0.0),
-                                                         (float) xml->getDoubleAttribute ("y", 0.0));
-
-        UseShapeOp op = { this, &path, &translation, nullptr };
-
-        auto linkedID = getLinkedID (xml);
-
-        if (linkedID.isNotEmpty())
-            topLevelXml.applyOperationToChildWithID (linkedID, op);
-
-        return op.target;
-    }
-
     Drawable* parseShape (const XmlPath& xml, Path& path,
                           const bool shouldParseTransform = true,
                           AffineTransform* additonalTransform = nullptr) const
@@ -718,9 +688,6 @@ private:
             return newState.parseShape (xml, path, false, additonalTransform);
         }
 
-        if (xml->hasTagName ("use"))
-            return useShape (xml, path);
-
         auto dp = new DrawablePath();
         setCommonAttributes (*dp, xml);
         dp->setFill (Colours::transparentBlack);