diff --git a/include/ft_global.h b/include/ft_global.h
index f08b6cea6ab..9870e0854c1 100644
--- a/include/ft_global.h
+++ b/include/ft_global.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ struct _ft_vft {
   float     (*find_relevance)(FT_INFO *, my_off_t, byte *);
   void      (*close_search)(FT_INFO *);
   float     (*get_relevance)(FT_INFO *);
-  my_off_t  (*get_docid)(FT_INFO *);
   void      (*reinit_search)(FT_INFO *);
 };
 
diff --git a/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c b/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c
index da56cd51dce..bda76cb09a8 100644
--- a/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c
+++ b/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c
@@ -413,11 +413,6 @@ float ft_boolean_get_relevance(FT_INFO *ftb)
   return ftb->root->cur_weight;
 }
 
-my_off_t ft_boolean_get_docid(FT_INFO *ftb)
-{
-  return HA_POS_ERROR;
-}
-
 void ft_boolean_reinit_search(FT_INFO *ftb)
 {
   _ftb_init_index_search(ftb);
diff --git a/myisam/ft_nlq_search.c b/myisam/ft_nlq_search.c
index a806361fc0a..75249a1432a 100644
--- a/myisam/ft_nlq_search.c
+++ b/myisam/ft_nlq_search.c
@@ -278,11 +278,6 @@ float ft_nlq_get_relevance(FT_INFO *handler)
   return handler->doc[handler->curdoc].weight;
 }
 
-my_off_t ft_nlq_get_docid(FT_INFO *handler)
-{
-  return handler->doc[handler->curdoc].dpos;
-}
-
 void ft_nlq_reinit_search(FT_INFO *handler)
 {
   handler->curdoc=-1;
diff --git a/myisam/ft_static.c b/myisam/ft_static.c
index c9666ea5a65..2bf10c72414 100644
--- a/myisam/ft_static.c
+++ b/myisam/ft_static.c
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ const MI_KEYSEG ft_keysegs[FT_SEGS]={
 
 const struct _ft_vft _ft_vft_nlq = {
   ft_nlq_read_next, ft_nlq_find_relevance, ft_nlq_close_search,
-  ft_nlq_get_relevance,  ft_nlq_get_docid, ft_nlq_reinit_search
+  ft_nlq_get_relevance,  ft_nlq_reinit_search
 };
 const struct _ft_vft _ft_vft_boolean = {
   ft_boolean_read_next, ft_boolean_find_relevance, ft_boolean_close_search,
-  ft_boolean_get_relevance,  ft_boolean_get_docid, ft_boolean_reinit_search
+  ft_boolean_get_relevance,  ft_boolean_reinit_search
 };
 
 FT_INFO *(*_ft_init_vft[2])(MI_INFO *, uint, byte *, uint, my_bool) =