diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f09ab38..9fcc748 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         =========================
 
         Rename GFitsImage::size() to GFitsImage::npix() (#1858)
+        Remove GFitsTable::size() method (#1857)
         Add header card keyword map to GFitsHeader for fast access (#2120)
         Increase maximum CTA King PSF radius to 2 degrees (#2112)
         Correct set names of spatial GLON/GLAT model parameters (#2113)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c92ea3f..f373adc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The following methods have been added:
 - GCTAEventAtom::mc_id()
 
 The following methods have been removed:
-- ...
+- GFitsTable::size()
 
 The following methods have been renamed:
 - GFitsImage::size() => GFitsImage::npix()
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ GFitsHeader to speed up the access of FITS header cards (#2120).
 The GFitsImage::size() method has been renamed to GFitsImage::npix() since
 the size() method overloaded the GFitsHDU::size() method (#1858).
 
+The GFitsTable::size() method has been removed since the meaning of the
+method was ambiguous. It returned the number of table columns, but the 
+GFitsTable::ncols() does exactly the same thing, hence the method was
+redundant (#1857).
+
 
 7. Linear algebra module
 ------------------------
diff --git a/include/GFitsTable.hpp b/include/GFitsTable.hpp
index bdf2f59..9e58b99 100644
--- a/include/GFitsTable.hpp
+++ b/include/GFitsTable.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *             GFitsTable.hpp - FITS table abstract base class             *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
- *  copyright (C) 2008-2014 by Juergen Knoedlseder                         *
+ *  copyright (C) 2008-2017 by Juergen Knoedlseder                         *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
  *                                                                         *
  *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify   *
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public:
     virtual HDUType     exttype(void) const = 0;
 
     // Implemented Methods
-    const int&     size(void) const;
     GFitsTableCol* set(const int& colnum, const GFitsTableCol& column);
     GFitsTableCol* set(const std::string& colname, const GFitsTableCol& column);
     GFitsTableCol* append(const GFitsTableCol& column);
@@ -108,21 +107,6 @@ private:
 
 
 /***********************************************************************//**
- * @brief Return number of columns in table
- *
- * @return Number of columns in table
- *
- * Returns the number of columns in table. This method is equivalent to the
- * ncols() method.
- ***************************************************************************/
-inline
-const int& GFitsTable::size(void) const
-{
-    return m_cols;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************//**
  * @brief Return number of rows in table
  *
  * @return Number of rows in table
diff --git a/pyext/GFitsTable.i b/pyext/GFitsTable.i
index d1dee3a..2413c06 100644
--- a/pyext/GFitsTable.i
+++ b/pyext/GFitsTable.i
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *               GFitsTable.i - FITS abstract table base class             *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
- *  copyright (C) 2008-2015 by Juergen Knoedlseder                         *
+ *  copyright (C) 2008-2017 by Juergen Knoedlseder                         *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
  *                                                                         *
  *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify   *
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ public:
     virtual HDUType     exttype(void) const = 0;
 
     // Implemented Methods
-    const int&     size(void) const;
     GFitsTableCol* set(const int& colnum, const GFitsTableCol& column);
     GFitsTableCol* set(const std::string& colname, const GFitsTableCol& column);
     GFitsTableCol* append(const GFitsTableCol& column);