diff --git a/src/unix/core.c b/src/unix/core.c
index bfc98046..1623441a 100644
--- a/src/unix/core.c
+++ b/src/unix/core.c
@@ -501,24 +501,6 @@ int uv__dup(int fd) {
 }
 
 
-/* TODO move to uv-common.c? */
-size_t uv__strlcpy(char* dst, const char* src, size_t size) {
-  const char *org;
-
-  if (size == 0) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  org = src;
-  while (--size && *src) {
-    *dst++ = *src++;
-  }
-  *dst = '\0';
-
-  return src - org;
-}
-
-
 uv_err_t uv_cwd(char* buffer, size_t size) {
   if (!buffer || !size) {
     return uv__new_artificial_error(UV_EINVAL);