diff --git a/libbb/gz_open.c b/libbb/gz_open.c
deleted file mode 100644
index dbaf3bb02..000000000
--- a/libbb/gz_open.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
-/*
- * Utility routines.
- *
- * Copyright (C) many different people.  If you wrote this, please
- * acknowledge your work.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
- * USA
- */
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-extern FILE *gz_open(FILE *compressed_file, int *pid)
-{
-	int unzip_pipe[2];
-
-	if (pipe(unzip_pipe)!=0) {
-		error_msg("pipe error");
-		return(NULL);
-	}
-	if ((*pid = fork()) == -1) {
-		error_msg("fork failed");
-		return(NULL);
-	}
-	if (*pid==0) {
-		/* child process */
-		close(unzip_pipe[0]);
-		unzip(compressed_file, fdopen(unzip_pipe[1], "w"));
-		fflush(NULL);
-		fclose(compressed_file);
-		close(unzip_pipe[1]);
-		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-	}
-	close(unzip_pipe[1]);
-	if (unzip_pipe[0] == -1) {
-		error_msg("gzip stream init failed");
-	}
-	return(fdopen(unzip_pipe[0], "r"));
-}