diff --git a/vlib/builtin/option.v b/vlib/builtin/option.v
index 05f9bc44e6..8b684fa90c 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/option.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/option.v
@@ -133,14 +133,6 @@ fn _option_ok(data voidptr, mut option _option, size int) {
 	}
 }
 
-fn opt_ok2(data voidptr, mut option _option, size int) {
-	unsafe {
-		*option = _option{}
-		// use err to get the end of OptionBase and then memcpy into it
-		vmemcpy(&u8(&option.err) + sizeof(IError), data, size)
-	}
-}
-
 struct _result {
 	is_error bool
 	err      IError = none__