diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 9b10ee8d..0d471ca8 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-03-25  Daniel Stenberg  <daniel@haxx.se>
+
+	* url.c (shorten_length): Remove unused function.
+
 2014-03-19  Yousong Zhou  <yszhou4tech@gmail.com>
 
 	* init.c, main.c, options.h: Add option --start-pos for specifying
diff --git a/src/url.c b/src/url.c
index f32c7269..eda1f54e 100644
--- a/src/url.c
+++ b/src/url.c
@@ -1284,16 +1284,6 @@ append_null (struct growable *dest)
   *TAIL (dest) = 0;
 }
 
-/* Shorten DEST to LENGTH. */
-static void
-shorten_length (size_t length, struct growable *dest)
-{
-  if (length < dest->tail)
-    dest->tail = length;
-
-  append_null (dest);
-}
-
 /* Append CH to DEST. */
 static void
 append_char (char ch, struct growable *dest)