1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index 490632f282f..6f7cc968b81 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -2496,16 +2496,6 @@ make_specified_string (const char *contents,
 }
 
 
-/* Make a string from the data at STR, treating it as multibyte if the
-   data warrants.  */
-
-Lisp_Object
-build_string (const char *str)
-{
-  return make_string (str, strlen (str));
-}
-
-
 /* Return an unibyte Lisp_String set up to hold LENGTH characters
    occupying LENGTH bytes.  */