diff --git a/ice-9/format.scm b/ice-9/format.scm
index 1381ccf6e..28f358d6e 100644
--- a/ice-9/format.scm
+++ b/ice-9/format.scm
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 ;
 ; Version 3.0
 
-(define-module (ice-9 format)
-  :use-module (ice-9 string-case))
+(define-module (ice-9 format))
 (export format
 	format:symbol-case-conv
 	format:iobj-case-conv
diff --git a/ice-9/string-case.scm b/ice-9/string-case.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000