diff --git a/src/buffer.cc b/src/buffer.cc
index 1e86f5c4..fb4c61ad 100644
--- a/src/buffer.cc
+++ b/src/buffer.cc
@@ -128,11 +128,6 @@ String Buffer::string(const BufferIterator& begin, const BufferIterator& end) co
     return m_content.substr(begin.m_position, end - begin);
 }
 
-BufferChar Buffer::at(BufferPos position) const
-{
-    return m_content[position];
-}
-
 void Buffer::begin_undo_group()
 {
     assert(m_current_undo_group.empty());
diff --git a/src/buffer.hh b/src/buffer.hh
index 00b7764c..60e6f7e2 100644
--- a/src/buffer.hh
+++ b/src/buffer.hh
@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@ public:
     BufferIterator iterator_at_line_end(const BufferIterator& iterator) const;
 
 private:
-    BufferChar at(BufferPos position) const;
-
     friend class BufferIterator;
 
     std::vector<BufferPos> m_lines;
diff --git a/src/buffer_iterator.inl.hh b/src/buffer_iterator.inl.hh
index feae368d..d7def812 100644
--- a/src/buffer_iterator.inl.hh
+++ b/src/buffer_iterator.inl.hh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ inline bool BufferIterator::operator>=(const BufferIterator& iterator) const
 inline BufferChar BufferIterator::operator*() const
 {
     assert(m_buffer);
-    return m_buffer->at(m_position);
+    return m_buffer->m_content[m_position];
 }
 
 inline BufferSize BufferIterator::operator-(const BufferIterator& iterator) const