diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.coffee b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
index 0306141d3..d069e4c53 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
@@ -926,9 +926,6 @@ class TextEditorComponent
     @linesYardstick.invalidateCache()
     @presenter.measurementsChanged()
 
-  setShowIndentGuide: (showIndentGuide) ->
-    @config.set("editor.showIndentGuide", showIndentGuide)
-
   setScrollSensitivity: (scrollSensitivity) =>
     if scrollSensitivity = parseInt(scrollSensitivity)
       @scrollSensitivity = Math.abs(scrollSensitivity) / 100