diff --git a/src/graph-path-validation.cc b/src/graph-path-validation.cc
index 6bb3b4b965d464470a6fa8606789a81cf1e623a1..e550786655180a0bd79b42daa2f59d0fb74f6c9c 100644
--- a/src/graph-path-validation.cc
+++ b/src/graph-path-validation.cc
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@ namespace hpp {
       return impl_validate (path, reverse, validPart);
     }
 
-    bool GraphPathValidation::validate
-    (const PathPtr_t& path, bool reverse, PathPtr_t& validPart,
-     ValidationReport&)
-    {
-      assert (path);
-      return impl_validate (path, reverse, validPart);
-    }
-
     bool GraphPathValidation::impl_validate (
         const PathVectorPtr_t& path, bool reverse, PathPtr_t& validPart)
     {