diff --git a/plugins/Cardinal/src/TextEditor.cpp b/plugins/Cardinal/src/TextEditor.cpp
index e5d2161..7d75fcb 100644
--- a/plugins/Cardinal/src/TextEditor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Cardinal/src/TextEditor.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 "int such_highlight_much_wow() { return 1337; }\n"
 #define DEFAULT_WIDTH 30
 
+#if 0 // ndef HEADLESS
 // utils
 static const TextEditor::LanguageDefinition& getLangFromString(const std::string& lang)
 {
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ static const TextEditor::LanguageDefinition& getLangFromString(const std::string
     static const TextEditor::LanguageDefinition none;
     return none;
 }
+#endif
 
 struct TextEditorModule : Module {
     std::string file;