diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 73be2818e..0458501ec 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -477,13 +477,6 @@ Config::Config ()
 {
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-Config::Config (const std::string& file)
-{
-  setDefaults ();
-  load (file);
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Read the Configuration file and populate the *this map.  The file format is
 // simply lines with name=value pairs.  Whitespace between name, = and value is
diff --git a/src/Config.h b/src/Config.h
index 0cc56f2f8..1fb8e93c6 100644
--- a/src/Config.h
+++ b/src/Config.h
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ class Config : public std::map <std::string, std::string>
 {
 public:
   Config ();
-  Config (const std::string&);
-
   Config (const Config&);
   Config& operator= (const Config&);