diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index f1d66c7848..4bbaff2bda 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -539,11 +539,6 @@ ssize_t strbuf_write(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *f)
 	return sb->len ? fwrite(sb->buf, 1, sb->len, f) : 0;
 }
 
-ssize_t strbuf_write_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd)
-{
-	return sb->len ? write(fd, sb->buf, sb->len) : 0;
-}
-
 #define STRBUF_MAXLINK (2*PATH_MAX)
 
 int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 1eaa944a4f..bfa66569a4 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint);
  * NUL bytes.
  */
 ssize_t strbuf_write(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *stream);
-ssize_t strbuf_write_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd);
 
 /**
  * Read a line from a FILE *, overwriting the existing contents of