diff --git a/picard/tagger.py b/picard/tagger.py
index 980ccb154..dfd670997 100644
--- a/picard/tagger.py
+++ b/picard/tagger.py
@@ -611,9 +611,6 @@ class Tagger(QtGui.QApplication):
     def num_files(self):
         return len(self.files)
 
-    def num_saves(self):
-        return len(self.save_queue)
-
     def num_unmatched_files(self):
         return len(self.unmatched_files)