--- a/lib/basename.c
+++ b/lib/basename.c
@@ -28,71 +28,3 @@
 
   return (char *) base;
 }
-
-#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
-# include <stdlib.h>
-#else
-char *malloc ();
-#endif
-
-char *
-base_name_strip_trailing_slashes (name)
-     char const *name;
-{
-  char const *end_p = name += FILESYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (name);
-  char const *first, *p;
-  char *base;
-  int length;
-
-  /* Make END_P point to the byte after the last non-slash character
-     in NAME if one exists.  */
-  for (p = name; *p; p++)
-    if (!ISSLASH (*p))
-      end_p = p + 1;
-
-  if (end_p == name)
-    {
-      first = end_p;
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      first = end_p - 1;
-      while (first > name && !ISSLASH (*(first - 1)))
-	--first;
-    }
-
-  length = end_p - first;
-  base = (char *) malloc (length + 1);
-  if (base == 0)
-    return 0;
-
-  memcpy (base, first, length);
-  base[length] = '\0';
-
-  return base;
-}
-
-#ifdef TEST
-# include <assert.h>
-# include <stdlib.h>
-
-# define CHECK(a,b) assert (strcmp (base_name_strip_trailing_slashes(a), b) \
-			    == 0)
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-  CHECK ("a", "a");
-  CHECK ("ab", "ab");
-  CHECK ("ab/c", "c");
-  CHECK ("/ab/c", "c");
-  CHECK ("/ab/c/", "c");
-  CHECK ("/ab/c////", "c");
-  CHECK ("/", "");
-  CHECK ("////", "");
-  CHECK ("////a", "a");
-  CHECK ("//a//", "a");
-  CHECK ("/a", "a");
-  exit (0);
-}
-#endif