diff --git a/src/feh.h b/src/feh.h
index 09a19a616390b51c0f8b8abc6be15d9dee08a1c4..dc6315fcc29bb11b9608d870b57b85d4f0d03034 100644
--- a/src/feh.h
+++ b/src/feh.h
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ void feh_display_status(char stat);
 void real_loadables_mode(int loadable);
 void feh_reload_image(winwidget w, int resize, int force_new);
 void feh_filelist_image_remove(winwidget winwid, char do_delete);
-char *feh_strip_hostname(char *url);
 void slideshow_save_image(winwidget win);
 void feh_edit_inplace_orient(winwidget w, int orientation);
 void feh_edit_inplace_lossless_rotate(winwidget w, int orientation);
diff --git a/src/imlib.c b/src/imlib.c
index 92c196a52b57fb5d55c56842a3970a4202065a22..d1252866024a0ceb55c78001f9e411699b7a218d 100644
--- a/src/imlib.c
+++ b/src/imlib.c
@@ -316,31 +316,6 @@ char *feh_http_load_image(char *url)
 
 #endif				/* HAVE_LIBCURL */
 
-char *feh_strip_hostname(char *url)
-{
-	char *ret;
-	char *start;
-	char *finish;
-	int len;
-
-	start = strchr(url, '/');
-	if (!start)
-		return(NULL);
-
-	start += 2;
-
-	finish = strchr(start, '/');
-	if (!finish)
-		return(NULL);
-
-	len = finish - start;
-
-	ret = emalloc(len + 1);
-	strncpy(ret, start, len);
-	ret[len] = '\0';
-	return(ret);
-}
-
 void feh_draw_zoom(winwidget w)
 {
 	static Imlib_Font fn = NULL;