diff --git a/alib2/src/automaton/AutomatonFromXMLParser.h b/alib2/src/automaton/AutomatonFromXMLParser.h
index d21bf09c9242d84994a99d722a90397d4866314c..daf36c9ccf2835f257102d8749e649b25bd17284 100644
--- a/alib2/src/automaton/AutomatonFromXMLParser.h
+++ b/alib2/src/automaton/AutomatonFromXMLParser.h
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ namespace automaton {
  */
 class AutomatonFromXMLParser : public alib::FromXMLParser<Automaton, FEATURES> {
 protected:
-	std::string parseLabel(std::list<sax::Token> &input) const;
-
 	std::set<State> parseStates(std::list<sax::Token> &input) const;
 	std::set<alphabet::Symbol> parseInputAlphabet(std::list<sax::Token> &input) const;
 	std::set<alphabet::Symbol> parseStackAlphabet(std::list<sax::Token> &input) const;