diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c
index 771c455098..1f6063f2a2 100644
--- a/string-list.c
+++ b/string-list.c
@@ -195,16 +195,6 @@ void string_list_clear_func(struct string_list *list, string_list_clear_func_t c
 	list->nr = list->alloc = 0;
 }
 
-
-void print_string_list(const struct string_list *p, const char *text)
-{
-	int i;
-	if ( text )
-		printf("%s\n", text);
-	for (i = 0; i < p->nr; i++)
-		printf("%s:%p\n", p->items[i].string, p->items[i].util);
-}
-
 struct string_list_item *string_list_append_nodup(struct string_list *list,
 						  char *string)
 {
diff --git a/string-list.h b/string-list.h
index ff8f6094a3..18c718c12c 100644
--- a/string-list.h
+++ b/string-list.h
@@ -113,14 +113,6 @@ typedef int (*string_list_each_func_t)(struct string_list_item *, void *);
 void filter_string_list(struct string_list *list, int free_util,
 			string_list_each_func_t want, void *cb_data);
 
-/**
- * Dump a string_list to stdout, useful mainly for debugging
- * purposes. It can take an optional header argument and it writes out
- * the string-pointer pairs of the string_list, each one in its own
- * line.
- */
-void print_string_list(const struct string_list *p, const char *text);
-
 /**
  * Free a string_list. The `string` pointer of the items will be freed
  * in case the `strdup_strings` member of the string_list is set. The