diff --git a/libgnomekbd/gkbd-keyboard-config.c b/libgnomekbd/gkbd-keyboard-config.c
index 96c88a6..0d372de 100644
--- a/libgnomekbd/gkbd-keyboard-config.c
+++ b/libgnomekbd/gkbd-keyboard-config.c
@@ -51,35 +51,6 @@ const gchar *GKBD_KEYBOARD_CONFIG_ACTIVE[] = {
 
 const gchar *XMODMAP_KNOWN_FILES[] = { ".xmodmap", ".Xmodmap" };
 
-/**
- * static common functions
- */
-
-static gboolean
-g_strv_equal (gchar ** l1, gchar ** l2)
-{
-	if (l1 == l2)
-		return TRUE;
-	if (l1 == NULL)
-		return g_strv_length (l2) == 0;
-	if (l2 == NULL)
-		return g_strv_length (l1) == 0;
-
-	while ((*l1 != NULL) && (*l2 != NULL)) {
-		if (*l1 != *l2) {
-			if (*l1 && *l2) {
-				if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (*l1, *l2))
-					return FALSE;
-			} else
-				return FALSE;
-		}
-
-		l1++;
-		l2++;
-	}
-	return (*l1 == NULL) && (*l2 == NULL);
-}
-
 gboolean
 gkbd_keyboard_config_get_lv_descriptions (XklConfigRegistry *
 					  config_registry,