diff --git a/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc b/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
index f706c150d9..438e7064ae 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
@@ -127,20 +127,6 @@ create_directories(const path & p)
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool
-remove(const path & p)
-{
-	if(!exists(p)) return false;
-
-	int error = g_unlink (p.to_string().c_str());
-
-	if(error == -1)
-	{
-		throw filesystem_error(g_strerror(errno), errno);
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-
 void
 rename (const path & from_path, const path & to_path)
 {
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/filesystem.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/filesystem.h
index 9f5608bc4c..274d1d39b3 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/filesystem.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/filesystem.h
@@ -148,18 +148,6 @@ bool create_directory(const path & p);
  */
 bool create_directories(const path & p);
 
-/**
- * Attempt to delete the file at path p as if by the glib function
- * g_unlink.
- *
- * @return true if file existed prior to removing it, false if file
- * at p did not exist.
- *
- * @throw filesystem_error if removing the file failed for any other
- * reason other than the file did not exist.
- */
-bool remove(const path & p);
-
 /**
  * Renames from_path to to_path as if by the glib function g_rename.
  */