diff --git a/src/ol/tilecoord.js b/src/ol/tilecoord.js
index d38bb9a9c7..190f83ac11 100644
--- a/src/ol/tilecoord.js
+++ b/src/ol/tilecoord.js
@@ -26,33 +26,6 @@ ol.QuadKeyCharCode = {
 };
 
 
-/**
- * @param {string} quadKey Quad key.
- * @return {ol.TileCoord} Tile coordinate.
- */
-ol.tilecoord.createFromQuadKey = function(quadKey) {
-  var z = quadKey.length, x = 0, y = 0;
-  var mask = 1 << (z - 1);
-  var i;
-  for (i = 0; i < z; ++i) {
-    switch (quadKey.charCodeAt(i)) {
-      case ol.QuadKeyCharCode.ONE:
-        x += mask;
-        break;
-      case ol.QuadKeyCharCode.TWO:
-        y += mask;
-        break;
-      case ol.QuadKeyCharCode.THREE:
-        x += mask;
-        y += mask;
-        break;
-    }
-    mask >>= 1;
-  }
-  return [z, x, y];
-};
-
-
 /**
  * @param {string} str String that follows pattern “z/x/y” where x, y and z are
  *   numbers.
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/tilecoord.test.js b/test/spec/ol/tilecoord.test.js
index 8ee7c8938e..94477b0e5b 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/tilecoord.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/tilecoord.test.js
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@ describe('ol.TileCoord', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('create from quad key', function() {
-    it('sets x y z properties as expected', function() {
-      var tileCoord = ol.tilecoord.createFromQuadKey('213');
-      expect(tileCoord[0]).to.eql(3);
-      expect(tileCoord[1]).to.eql(3);
-      expect(tileCoord[2]).to.eql(5);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('create from string', function() {
     it('sets x y z properties as expected', function() {
       var str = '1/2/3';