diff --git a/include/ircaux.h b/include/ircaux.h
index 3e03eab..e019edf 100644
--- a/include/ircaux.h
+++ b/include/ircaux.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ char *	BX_sindex			(register char *, char *);
 char *	BX_rsindex 		(register char *, char *, char *, int);
 char *	BX_path_search 		(char *, char *);
 char *	BX_double_quote 		(const char *, const char *, char *);
-char *	quote_it 		(const char *, const char *, char *);
 
 char *	n_malloc_strcpy		(char **, const char *, const char *, const char *, const int);
 char *	BX_malloc_str2cpy		(char **, const char *, const char *);
diff --git a/source/ircaux.c b/source/ircaux.c
index 198712b..d9335f4 100644
--- a/source/ircaux.c
+++ b/source/ircaux.c
@@ -1284,29 +1284,6 @@ char	*BX_double_quote (const char *str, const char *stuff, char *buffer)
 	return buffer;
 }
 
-char	*quote_it (const char *str, const char *stuff, char *buffer)
-{
-	register char	c;
-	register int	pos;
-
-	*buffer = 0;
-	for (pos = 0; (c = *str); str++)
-	{
-		if (stuff && strchr(stuff, c))
-		{
-			if (c == '%')
-				buffer[pos++] = '%';
-			else
-				buffer[pos++] = '\\';
-		}
-		else if (c == '%')
-			buffer[pos++] = '%';
-		buffer[pos++] = c;
-	}
-	buffer[pos] = '\0';
-	return buffer;
-}
-
 void	BX_ircpanic (char *format, ...)
 {
 	char buffer[3 * BIG_BUFFER_SIZE + 1];