diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in b/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in
index 14ceea110..c9dec09ad 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ LIBUNARCHIVE-y:= \
 	archive_xread.o \
 	archive_xread_all.o \
 	archive_xread_all_eof.o \
-	archive_xread_char.o \
 \
 	seek_by_char.o \
 	seek_by_jump.o \
diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/archive_xread_char.c b/archival/libunarchive/archive_xread_char.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c665e159..000000000
--- a/archival/libunarchive/archive_xread_char.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  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 Library 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 <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "unarchive.h"
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-extern unsigned char archive_xread_char(const archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
-{
-	unsigned char tmp;
-	
-	archive_xread(archive_handle, &tmp, 1);
-
-	return(tmp);
-}
diff --git a/include/unarchive.h b/include/unarchive.h
index fa7233743..79ee99e37 100644
--- a/include/unarchive.h
+++ b/include/unarchive.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ extern char get_header_tar_gz(archive_handle_t *archive_handle);
 extern void seek_by_jump(const archive_handle_t *archive_handle, const unsigned int amount);
 extern void seek_by_char(const archive_handle_t *archive_handle, const unsigned int amount);
 
-extern unsigned char archive_xread_char(const archive_handle_t *archive_handle);
 extern ssize_t archive_xread(const archive_handle_t *archive_handle, unsigned char *buf, const size_t count);
 extern void archive_xread_all(const archive_handle_t *archive_handle, void *buf, const size_t count);
 extern ssize_t archive_xread_all_eof(archive_handle_t *archive_handle, unsigned char *buf, size_t count);