diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 13779a133d..074bf08cd2 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-03-02  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
+
+	* common/gdb_vecs.c (free_char_ptr_vec): Remove.
+	* common/gdb_vecs.h (free_char_ptr_vec): Remove.
+
 2018-03-02  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
 
 	* charset.c (struct charset_vector): New.
diff --git a/gdb/common/gdb_vecs.c b/gdb/common/gdb_vecs.c
index a19d238b3e..445793e420 100644
--- a/gdb/common/gdb_vecs.c
+++ b/gdb/common/gdb_vecs.c
@@ -21,24 +21,6 @@
 #include "gdb_vecs.h"
 #include "host-defs.h"
 
-/* Call xfree for each element of CHAR_PTR_VEC and final VEC_free for
-   CHAR_PTR_VEC itself.
-
-   You must not modify CHAR_PTR_VEC after it got registered with this function
-   by make_cleanup as the CHAR_PTR_VEC base address may change on its updates.
-   Contrary to VEC_free this function does not (cannot) clear the pointer.  */
-
-void
-free_char_ptr_vec (VEC (char_ptr) *char_ptr_vec)
-{
-  int ix;
-  char *name;
-
-  for (ix = 0; VEC_iterate (char_ptr, char_ptr_vec, ix, name); ++ix)
-    xfree (name);
-  VEC_free (char_ptr, char_ptr_vec);
-}
-
 /* Worker function to split character delimiter separated string of fields
    STR into a char pointer vector.  */
 
diff --git a/gdb/common/gdb_vecs.h b/gdb/common/gdb_vecs.h
index 17ed06c253..29db27a892 100644
--- a/gdb/common/gdb_vecs.h
+++ b/gdb/common/gdb_vecs.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ DEF_VEC_P (char_ptr);
 
 DEF_VEC_P (const_char_ptr);
 
-extern void free_char_ptr_vec (VEC (char_ptr) *char_ptr_vec);
-
 /* Split STR, a list of DELIMITER-separated fields, into a char pointer vector.
 
    You may modify the returned strings.  */