diff --git a/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc b/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
index 0b2d03e456..f706c150d9 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
@@ -154,16 +154,6 @@ rename (const path & from_path, const path & to_path)
 	}
 }
 	
-string
-basename (const path & p)
-{
-	string base(p.leaf());
-
-	string::size_type n = base.rfind ('.');
-
-	return base.substr (0, n);
-}
-
 } // namespace sys
 
 } // namespace PBD
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/filesystem.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/filesystem.h
index d004895f60..9f5608bc4c 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/filesystem.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/filesystem.h
@@ -165,16 +165,6 @@ bool remove(const path & p);
  */
 void rename (const path& from_path, const path& to_path);
 
-/**
- * @return The substring of the filename component of the path, starting
- * at the beginning of the filename up to but not including the last dot.
- *
- * boost::filesystem::path::basename differs from g_path_get_basename and
- * ::basename and most other forms of basename in that it removes the
- * extension from the filename if the filename has one.
- */ 
-std::string basename (const path& p);
-
 } // namespace sys
 
 } // namespace PBD