diff --git a/libguile/hash.c b/libguile/hash.c
index 0ac67fa1f..b0bf04629 100644
--- a/libguile/hash.c
+++ b/libguile/hash.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008,
- *   2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *   2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
@@ -126,12 +126,6 @@ wide_string_hash (const scm_t_wchar *str, size_t len)
   return ret;
 }
 
-unsigned long 
-scm_string_hash (const unsigned char *str, size_t len)
-{
-  return narrow_string_hash (str, len);
-}
-
 unsigned long 
 scm_i_string_hash (SCM str)
 {
diff --git a/libguile/hash.h b/libguile/hash.h
index d3e42f1c1..9085bc037 100644
--- a/libguile/hash.h
+++ b/libguile/hash.h
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #ifndef SCM_HASH_H
 #define SCM_HASH_H
 
-/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,2000, 2006, 2008, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2011,
+ *   2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@
 
 
 
-SCM_API unsigned long scm_string_hash (const unsigned char *str, size_t len);
 SCM_INTERNAL unsigned long scm_i_locale_string_hash (const char *str,
                                                      size_t len);
 SCM_INTERNAL unsigned long scm_i_latin1_string_hash (const  char *str,