diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/load/path.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/load/path.go
index 0211b284a4..584cdff891 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/load/path.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/load/path.go
@@ -6,32 +6,8 @@ package load
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 )
 
-// hasSubdir reports whether dir is a subdirectory of
-// (possibly multiple levels below) root.
-// If so, it sets rel to the path fragment that must be
-// appended to root to reach dir.
-func hasSubdir(root, dir string) (rel string, ok bool) {
-	if p, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(root); err == nil {
-		root = p
-	}
-	if p, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(dir); err == nil {
-		dir = p
-	}
-	const sep = string(filepath.Separator)
-	root = filepath.Clean(root)
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(root, sep) {
-		root += sep
-	}
-	dir = filepath.Clean(dir)
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(dir, root) {
-		return "", false
-	}
-	return filepath.ToSlash(dir[len(root):]), true
-}
-
 // expandPath returns the symlink-expanded form of path.
 func expandPath(p string) string {
 	x, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(p)