3 files changed, 1 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/dirname.c b/libbb/dirname.c
index cc50f5870..5f839945d 100644
--- a/libbb/dirname.c
+++ b/libbb/dirname.c
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ char *dirname(const char *path)
 	if (s < path)
 		return xstrdup (".");
 	else
-		return strdup_substr (path, 0, s - path + 1);
+		return xstrndup (path, s - path + 1);
 }
diff --git a/libbb/libbb.h b/libbb/libbb.h
index c29955b3b..0fc704501 100644
--- a/libbb/libbb.h
+++ b/libbb/libbb.h
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@ extern struct hostent *xgethostbyname(const char *name);
 
 char *dirname (const char *path);
 
-static inline char *strdup_substr (const char *s, int start, int end)
-{
-        return xstrndup (s+start, end-start);
-}
 int make_directory (char *path, mode_t mode, int flags);
 
 #define CT_AUTO	0
diff --git a/libbb/strdup_substr.c b/libbb/strdup_substr.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 85030b11a..000000000
--- a/libbb/strdup_substr.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
-/*
- * Mini strdup_substr function.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2001  Mark Whitley.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
- */
-
-/* Return a substring of STR, starting at index START and ending at END,
- * allocated on the heap.  */
-
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-char *strdup_substr(const char *str, int start, int end)
-{
-	int size = end - start + 1;
-	char *newstr = xmalloc(size);
-	memcpy(newstr, str+start, size-1);
-	newstr[size-1] = '\0';
-	return newstr;
-}