diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 23e981e6af5f..1cf6ab3867c1 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-16  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* except.c (eh_region_outer_p): Remove.
+	* except.h: Remove the prototype for eh_region_outer_p.
+
 2009-04-16  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* function.c (current_function_assembler_name): Remove.
diff --git a/gcc/except.c b/gcc/except.c
index 37bc5bbf13c4..ac3fd6f27424 100644
--- a/gcc/except.c
+++ b/gcc/except.c
@@ -1224,32 +1224,6 @@ duplicate_eh_regions (struct function *ifun, duplicate_eh_regions_map map,
   return eh_offset;
 }
 
-/* Return true if REGION_A is outer to REGION_B in IFUN.  */
-
-bool
-eh_region_outer_p (struct function *ifun, int region_a, int region_b)
-{
-  struct eh_region *rp_a, *rp_b;
-
-  gcc_assert (ifun->eh->last_region_number > 0);
-  gcc_assert (ifun->eh->region_tree);
-
-  rp_a = VEC_index (eh_region, ifun->eh->region_array, region_a);
-  rp_b = VEC_index (eh_region, ifun->eh->region_array, region_b);
-  gcc_assert (rp_a != NULL);
-  gcc_assert (rp_b != NULL);
-
-  do
-    {
-      if (rp_a == rp_b)
-	return true;
-      rp_b = rp_b->outer;
-    }
-  while (rp_b);
-
-  return false;
-}
-
 /* Return region number of region that is outer to both if REGION_A and
    REGION_B in IFUN.  */
 
diff --git a/gcc/except.h b/gcc/except.h
index 24611a559c30..21145fd4f752 100644
--- a/gcc/except.h
+++ b/gcc/except.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ extern void collect_eh_region_array (void);
 extern void expand_resx_expr (tree);
 extern void verify_eh_tree (struct function *);
 extern void dump_eh_tree (FILE *, struct function *);
-extern bool eh_region_outer_p (struct function *, int, int);
 extern int eh_region_outermost (struct function *, int, int);
 
 /* If non-NULL, this is a function that returns an expression to be