--- a/eric6/Globals/__init__.py	Sat Oct 03 15:24:48 2020 +0200
+++ b/eric6/Globals/__init__.py	Sat Oct 03 16:52:11 2020 +0200
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 import shutil
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import (
-    QDir, QByteArray, QCoreApplication, QT_VERSION_STR, QT_VERSION, QProcess,
-    qVersion
+    QDir, QByteArray, QCoreApplication, QT_VERSION, QProcess, qVersion
 )
 
 # names of the various settings objects
@@ -316,21 +315,6 @@
     return QDir.toNativeSeparators(path)
 
 
-# TODO: get rid of this
-def translate(*args):
-    """
-    Module function to handle different PyQt 4/5 QCoreApplication.translate
-    parameter.
-    
-    @param args tuple of arguments from QCoreApplication.translate (tuple)
-    @return translated string (string)
-    """
-    if QT_VERSION_STR.startswith('4.'):
-        args = list(args)
-        args.insert(3, QCoreApplication.CodecForTr)
-    return QCoreApplication.translate(*args)
-
-
 ###############################################################################
 ## functions for version handling
 ###############################################################################