diff --git a/src/Lib/Geometry/poly_support.cxx b/src/Lib/Geometry/poly_support.cxx
index 401ea848..75dcd0e5 100644
--- a/src/Lib/Geometry/poly_support.cxx
+++ b/src/Lib/Geometry/poly_support.cxx
@@ -357,20 +357,6 @@ TGPolygon polygon_tesselate_alt( TGPolygon &p ) {
     return result;
 }
 
-/*
- * Helper class for sorting points along a given axis.
- */
-class Point3DOrdering {
-public:
-        Point3DOrdering(int axis):axis(axis) {}
-        bool operator()(const Point3D& a, const Point3D& b) {
-                return a[axis]<b[axis];
-        }
-        
-protected:
-        int axis;
-};
-
 /*
  * Find all intersections of the given contour with the x-parallel line at
  * y=yline. Assume that no points are on the line (callers take care of this!).