diff --git a/libbb/seek_ared_file.c b/libbb/seek_ared_file.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 67c789d6d..000000000
--- a/libbb/seek_ared_file.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-extern int seek_ared_file(FILE *in_file, ar_headers_t *headers, const char *tar_gz_file)
-{
-	/* find the headers for the specified .tar.gz file */
-	while (headers->next != NULL) {
-		if (strcmp(headers->name, tar_gz_file) == 0) {
-			fseek(in_file, headers->offset, SEEK_SET);
-			return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-		}
-		headers = headers->next;
-	}
-
-	return(EXIT_FAILURE);
-}
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