diff --git a/src/blackmisc/blackmiscfreefunctions.cpp b/src/blackmisc/blackmiscfreefunctions.cpp
index f54d8be33..ebe638e90 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/blackmiscfreefunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/blackmiscfreefunctions.cpp
@@ -131,10 +131,7 @@ void BlackMisc::Hardware::registerMetadata()
  */
 void BlackMisc::registerMetadata()
 {
-    CVariant::registerMetadata(); // before the others because it's not a CValueObject
-
-    // !! make sure the first valueobject id is correctly returned by
-    // !! firstBlackMetaType
+    CVariant::registerMetadata();
     CIndexVariantMap::registerMetadata();
 
     CStatusMessage::registerMetadata();
@@ -151,15 +148,6 @@ void BlackMisc::registerMetadata()
     Hardware::registerMetadata();
 }
 
-/*
- * First of our ids
- */
-int BlackMisc::firstBlackMetaType()
-{
-    // must be the first registered above
-    return qMetaTypeId<CIndexVariantMap>();
-}
-
 /*
  * Init resources
  */
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/blackmiscfreefunctions.h b/src/blackmisc/blackmiscfreefunctions.h
index 793ada92c..e2c273214 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/blackmiscfreefunctions.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/blackmiscfreefunctions.h
@@ -83,20 +83,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     //! Register all relevant metadata in BlackMisc
     void registerMetadata();
 
-    /*!
-     * Deals with the issue, that the BlackMisc metatypes do not always start with
-     * the same id, but dependent on enabled Qt modules. E.g. with GUI enabled:
-     * type: 1024 name: QPaintBufferCacheEntry
-     * type: 1025 .... some classes I cannot foresee
-     * type: 1027 name: BlackMisc::CValueMap
-     *
-     * This is important when marshalling Variants via DBus among different
-     * binaries, as an offset has to be considered
-     *
-     * \return
-     */
-    int firstBlackMetaType();
-
     //! Init resources
     void initResources();