diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d8a4f53e89..8533c88d2a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Feb 28 14:36:46 2008  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* string.c (rb_enc_str_copy): removed.
+
 Thu Feb 28 13:51:59 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (stack_check): made flag per threads.
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index ea40b995e1..7b65a6dc14 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -253,18 +253,6 @@ rb_str_coderange_scan_restartable(const char *s, const char *e, rb_encoding *enc
     }
 }
 
-#if 0
-static void
-rb_enc_str_copy(VALUE dest, VALUE src)
-{
-    rb_enc_copy(dest, src);
-    if (RSTRING_PTR(dest) == RSTRING_PTR(src) &&
-	RSTRING_LEN(dest) == RSTRING_LEN(src)) {
-	ENC_CODERANGE_SET(dest, ENC_CODERANGE(src));
-    }
-}
-#endif
-
 static void
 rb_enc_cr_str_copy_for_substr(VALUE dest, VALUE src)
 {