diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/rect.tex b/docs/latex/wx/rect.tex
index 8d86603975..63216a5bbf 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/rect.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/rect.tex
@@ -176,14 +176,6 @@ boundary) and {\tt false} otherwise.
 Returns {\tt true} if this rectangle has a non empty intersection with the
 rectangle {\it rect} and {\tt false} otherwise.
 
-\membersection{wxRect::AlignIn}\label{wxrectalignin}
-
-\func{void}{AlignIn}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{int }{align}}
-
-Aligns the rectangle in another rectangle, according to the alignment flags.
-Supports combinations of horizontal and vertical centering, plus left, right,
-top and bottom justification.
-
 \membersection{wxRect::Offset}\label{wxrectoffset}
 
 \func{void}{Offset}{\param{wxCoord }{dx}, \param{wxCoord }{dy}}
diff --git a/include/wx/gdicmn.h b/include/wx/gdicmn.h
index fbbe12fa96..2df4124c47 100644
--- a/include/wx/gdicmn.h
+++ b/include/wx/gdicmn.h
@@ -365,18 +365,6 @@ public:
     // return TRUE if the rectangles have a non empty intersection
     bool Intersects(const wxRect& rect) const;
 
-    // align in another rectangle according to WX alignment flags.
-    void AlignIn(const wxRect& rect, int align)
-    {
-        if (align & wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL) x = rect.x + (rect.width-width)/2;
-        else if (align & wxALIGN_RIGHT) x = rect.x+rect.width - width;
-        else x = rect.x;
-
-        if (align & wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL) y = rect.y + (rect.height-height)/2;
-        else if (align & wxALIGN_BOTTOM) y = rect.y+rect.height - height;
-        else y = rect.y;
-    }
-
 public:
     int x, y, width, height;
 };