diff --git a/libc/arch-x86/string/bcmp.S b/libc/arch-x86/string/bcmp.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a88f66e9..000000000
--- a/libc/arch-x86/string/bcmp.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: bcmp.S,v 1.3 2005/08/07 11:30:38 espie Exp $ */
-/*
- * Written by J.T. Conklin <jtc@netbsd.org>.
- * Public domain.
- */
-
-#include <machine/asm.h>
-
-ENTRY(bcmp)
-	pushl	%edi
-	pushl	%esi
-	movl	12(%esp),%edi
-	movl	16(%esp),%esi
-	xorl	%eax,%eax		/* clear return value */
-	cld				/* set compare direction forward */
-
-	movl	20(%esp),%ecx		/* compare by words */
-	shrl	$2,%ecx
-	repe
-	cmpsl
-	jne	L1
-
-	movl	20(%esp),%ecx		/* compare remainder by bytes */
-	andl	$3,%ecx
-	repe
-	cmpsb
-	je	L2
-
-L1:	incl	%eax
-L2:	popl	%esi
-	popl	%edi
-	ret
-END(bcmp)
diff --git a/libc/include/strings.h b/libc/include/strings.h
index db2aa3a10..fbdcefc38 100644
--- a/libc/include/strings.h
+++ b/libc/include/strings.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
-int	 bcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t);
 void	 bcopy(const void *, void *, size_t);
 void	 bzero(void *, size_t);
 int	 ffs(int);