diff --git a/include/libc/string.h b/include/libc/string.h
index 560880a..1f95ae3 100644
--- a/include/libc/string.h
+++ b/include/libc/string.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ extern void	*memset(void * s,int c,size_t count);
 extern void 	*memcpy(void * dest,const void *src,size_t count);
 extern void 	*memmove(void * dest,const void *src,size_t count);
 extern int	memcmp(const void * cs,const void * ct,size_t count);
-extern void 	*memscan(void * addr, int c, size_t size);
 extern char 	*strstr(const char * s1,const char * s2);
 extern void	*memchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
 
diff --git a/libc/string.c b/libc/string.c
index e3abeb4..9afaabd 100644
--- a/libc/string.c
+++ b/libc/string.c
@@ -346,28 +346,6 @@ int memcmp(const void * cs,const void * ct,size_t count)
 	return res;
 }
 
-/**
- * memscan - Find a character in an area of memory.
- * @addr: The memory area
- * @c: The byte to search for
- * @size: The size of the area.
- *
- * returns the address of the first occurrence of @c, or 1 byte past
- * the area if @c is not found
- */
-void * memscan(void * addr, int c, size_t size)
-{
-	unsigned char * p = (unsigned char *) addr;
-
-	while (size) {
-		if (*p == c)
-			return (void *) p;
-		p++;
-		size--;
-	}
-  	return (void *) p;
-}
-
 /**
  * strstr - Find the first substring in a %NUL terminated string
  * @s1: The string to be searched