diff --git a/algorithm/sibcoin.c b/algorithm/sibcoin.c
index 5c3cbeee..cf061c4c 100644
--- a/algorithm/sibcoin.c
+++ b/algorithm/sibcoin.c
@@ -83,19 +83,6 @@ static void init_Xhash_contexts()
     sph_echo512_init(&base_contexts.echo1);
 }
 
-/*
- * Encode a length len/4 vector of (uint32_t) into a length len vector of
- * (unsigned char) in big-endian form.  Assumes len is a multiple of 4.
- */
-static inline void
-be32enc_vect(uint32_t *dst, const uint32_t *src, uint32_t len)
-{
-	uint32_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-		dst[i] = htobe32(src[i]);
-}
-
 
 static inline void xhash(void *state, const void *input)
 {