diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/obj.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/obj.go
index c1132b6aac..ae23f95574 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/obj.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/obj.go
@@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ func dumpglobls() {
 	funcsyms = nil
 }
 
-func Bputname(b *bio.Writer, s *obj.LSym) {
-	b.WriteString(s.Name)
-	b.WriteByte(0)
-}
-
 func Linksym(s *Sym) *obj.LSym {
 	if s == nil {
 		return nil