diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index a22ece8584..835d8288db 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2005-01-14  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@gnu.org>
 
+	* utils.c (error_output_message): Delete function.
+	* defs.h (error_output_message): Delete declaration.
+
 	* linespec.c (symtab_from_filename, decode_variable): Use
 	throw_error instead of error_silent.
 	* breakpoint.c (do_captured_parse_breakpoint): Change return type
diff --git a/gdb/defs.h b/gdb/defs.h
index c87f083fcf..44eb9c1d60 100644
--- a/gdb/defs.h
+++ b/gdb/defs.h
@@ -893,9 +893,6 @@ extern NORETURN void error (const char *fmt, ...) ATTR_NORETURN ATTR_FORMAT (pri
 
 extern NORETURN void error_stream (struct ui_file *) ATTR_NORETURN;
 
-/* Output arbitrary error message.  */
-extern void error_output_message (char *pre_print, char *msg);
-
 extern NORETURN void vfatal (const char *fmt, va_list ap) ATTR_NORETURN;
 
 extern NORETURN void fatal (const char *fmt, ...) ATTR_NORETURN ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 2);
diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index a7eea61de3..08dfdd40c3 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -641,20 +641,6 @@ fatal (const char *string, ...)
   va_end (args);
 }
 
-/* Output an error message including any pre-print text to gdb_stderr.  */
-void
-error_output_message (char *pre_print, char *msg)
-{
-  target_terminal_ours ();
-  wrap_here ("");		/* Force out any buffered output */
-  gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
-  annotate_error_begin ();
-  if (pre_print)
-    fputs_filtered (pre_print, gdb_stderr);
-  fputs_filtered (msg, gdb_stderr);
-  fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr, "\n");
-}
-
 NORETURN void
 error_stream (struct ui_file *stream)
 {