diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
index 6691277e..1798647e 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
@@ -147,26 +147,6 @@ static void gtk_xtext_search_fini (xtext_buffer *);
 static gboolean gtk_xtext_search_init (xtext_buffer *buf, const gchar *text, gtk_xtext_search_flags flags, GError **perr);
 static char * gtk_xtext_get_word (GtkXText * xtext, int x, int y, textentry ** ret_ent, int *ret_off, int *ret_len, GSList **slp);
 
-/* Avoid warning messages for this unused function */
-#if 0
-/* gives width of a 8bit string - with no mIRC codes in it */
-
-static int
-gtk_xtext_text_width_8bit (GtkXText *xtext, unsigned char *str, int len)
-{
-	int width = 0;
-
-	while (len)
-	{
-		width += xtext->fontwidth[*str];
-		str++;
-		len--;
-	}
-
-	return width;
-}
-#endif
-
 #define xtext_draw_bg(xt,x,y,w,h) gdk_draw_rectangle(xt->draw_buf, xt->bgc, 1, x, y, w, h);
 
 /* ======================================= */