diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index da58a693..c695d1a5 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ int digits(ssize_t n);
 #endif
 bool parse_num(const char *str, ssize_t *val);
 bool parse_line_column(const char *str, ssize_t *line, ssize_t *column);
-void null_at(char **data, size_t index);
 void unsunder(char *str, size_t true_len);
 void sunder(char *str);
 #if !defined(ENABLE_TINY) || defined(ENABLE_TABCOMP) || defined(ENABLE_BROWSER)
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 2783ab8b..fd335385 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -159,13 +159,6 @@ bool parse_line_column(const char *str, ssize_t *line, ssize_t *column)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-/* Null a string at a certain index and align it. */
-void null_at(char **data, size_t index)
-{
-	*data = charealloc(*data, index + 1);
-	(*data)[index] = '\0';
-}
-
 /* For non-null-terminated lines.  A line, by definition, shouldn't
  * normally have newlines in it, so encode its nulls as newlines. */
 void unsunder(char *str, size_t true_len)