diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index 7b427127..c30be3ae 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -1417,22 +1417,6 @@ hexchat_open_file (char *file, int flags, int mode, int xof_flags)
 	return fd;
 }
 
-FILE *
-hexchat_fopen_file (const char *file, const char *mode, int xof_flags)
-{
-	char *buf;
-	FILE *fh;
-
-	if (xof_flags & XOF_FULLPATH)
-		return fopen (file, mode);
-
-	buf = g_build_filename (get_xdir (), file, NULL);
-	fh = g_fopen (buf, mode);
-	g_free (buf);
-
-	return fh;
-}
-
 /*
  * Returns a #GFile* to a file in HexChat's config dir.
  * Must be g_object_unref()'d when done.
diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.h b/src/common/cfgfiles.h
index bd60de26..2bb07edc 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.h
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ int list_delentry (GSList ** list, char *name);
 void list_addentry (GSList ** list, char *cmd, char *name);
 int cmd_set (session *sess, char *tbuf, char *word[], char *word_eol[]);
 int hexchat_open_file (char *file, int flags, int mode, int xof_flags);
-FILE *hexchat_fopen_file (const char *file, const char *mode, int xof_flags);
 GFile *hexchat_open_gfile (const char *filename);
 gsize stream_writef (GOutputStream *ostream, const char *fmt, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (2, 3);
 GDataInputStream *file_get_datainputstream (GFile *file);