diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/ORMInvalidArgumentException.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/ORMInvalidArgumentException.php
index 633ff5c60..02c0f99aa 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/ORMInvalidArgumentException.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/ORMInvalidArgumentException.php
@@ -188,22 +188,6 @@ class ORMInvalidArgumentException extends \InvalidArgumentException
         return new self("Binding entities to query parameters only allowed for entities that have an identifier.");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param object $relation
-     * @param string $fieldname
-     * @param mixed $value
-     * @return self
-     */
-    public static function computeAssociationChangesError($relation, $fieldname, $value)
-    {
-        return new self(sprintf(
-            'Expected an Object for relation %s::%s got %s instead.',
-            get_class($relation),
-            $fieldname,
-            is_object($value) ? get_class($value) : gettype($value)
-        ));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param ClassMetadata $targetClass
      * @param array         $assoc