diff --git a/libqpdf/JSON.cc b/libqpdf/JSON.cc
index b057bfd..b972d8a 100644
--- a/libqpdf/JSON.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/JSON.cc
@@ -4,19 +4,11 @@
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Base64.hh>
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Concatenate.hh>
 #include <qpdf/Pl_String.hh>
-#include <qpdf/QIntC.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QTC.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QUtil.hh>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
-template <typename T>
-static qpdf_offset_t
-toO(T const& i)
-{
-    return QIntC::to_offset(i);
-}
-
 JSON::Members::Members(std::shared_ptr<JSON_value> value) :
     value(value),
     start(0),