diff --git a/src/ui.c b/src/ui.c
index ba9d55ad44..8ecc63f696 100644
--- a/src/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui.c
@@ -266,13 +266,6 @@ int vim_is_input_buf_empty(void)
   return inbufcount == 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef PROTO
-int vim_free_in_input_buf(void) {
-  return INBUFLEN - inbufcount;
-}
-#endif
-
-
 /*
  * Return the current contents of the input buffer and make it empty.
  * The returned pointer must be passed to set_input_buf() later.
diff --git a/src/ui.h b/src/ui.h
index 8e05c02d1b..bc213ada33 100644
--- a/src/ui.h
+++ b/src/ui.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ void ui_set_shellsize(int mustset);
 void ui_breakcheck(void);
 int vim_is_input_buf_full(void);
 int vim_is_input_buf_empty(void);
-int vim_free_in_input_buf(void);
 char_u *get_input_buf(void);
 void set_input_buf(char_u *p);
 void add_to_input_buf(char_u *s, int len);