diff --git a/libguile/deprecated.c b/libguile/deprecated.c
index 600b984a7..dee9ac3a4 100644
--- a/libguile/deprecated.c
+++ b/libguile/deprecated.c
@@ -2934,6 +2934,22 @@ scm_c_program_source (SCM program, size_t ip)
 }
 
 
+
+
+SCM_DEFINE (scm_gc_live_object_stats, "gc-live-object-stats", 0, 0, 0,
+            (),
+	    "Return an alist of statistics of the current live objects. ")
+#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_gc_live_object_stats
+{
+  scm_c_issue_deprecation_warning
+    ("gc-live-object-stats is deprecated.  There is no replacement,\n"
+     "unfortunately.");
+
+  return SCM_EOL;
+}
+#undef FUNC_NAME
+
+
 
 
 void
diff --git a/libguile/deprecated.h b/libguile/deprecated.h
index 6c7bfcc53..cfbea6bbb 100644
--- a/libguile/deprecated.h
+++ b/libguile/deprecated.h
@@ -861,6 +861,10 @@ SCM_DEPRECATED SCM scm_c_program_source (SCM program, size_t ip);
 
 
 
+SCM_DEPRECATED SCM scm_gc_live_object_stats (void);
+
+
+
 void scm_i_init_deprecated (void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/libguile/gc.c b/libguile/gc.c
index 6e459c3f9..01e1ace80 100644
--- a/libguile/gc.c
+++ b/libguile/gc.c
@@ -267,44 +267,6 @@ SCM_SYMBOL (sym_times, "gc-times");
 
 /* {Scheme Interface to GC}
  */
-static SCM
-tag_table_to_type_alist (void *closure, SCM key, SCM val, SCM acc)
-{
-  if (scm_is_integer (key))
-    {
-      int c_tag = scm_to_int (key);
-
-      char const * name = scm_i_tag_name (c_tag);
-      if (name != NULL)
-	{
-	  key = scm_from_locale_string (name);
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  char s[100];
-	  sprintf (s, "tag %d", c_tag);
-	  key = scm_from_locale_string (s);
-	}
-    }
-  
-  return scm_cons (scm_cons (key, val), acc);
-}
-
-SCM_DEFINE (scm_gc_live_object_stats, "gc-live-object-stats", 0, 0, 0,
-            (),
-	    "Return an alist of statistics of the current live objects. ")
-#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_gc_live_object_stats
-{
-  SCM tab = scm_make_hash_table (scm_from_int (57));
-  SCM alist;
-
-  alist
-    = scm_internal_hash_fold (&tag_table_to_type_alist, NULL, SCM_EOL, tab);
-  
-  return alist;
-}
-#undef FUNC_NAME     
-
 extern int scm_gc_malloc_yield_percentage;
 SCM_DEFINE (scm_gc_stats, "gc-stats", 0, 0, 0,
             (),
diff --git a/libguile/gc.h b/libguile/gc.h
index a9a499bca..195784fd2 100644
--- a/libguile/gc.h
+++ b/libguile/gc.h
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ SCM_API SCM scm_gc_enable (void);
 SCM_API SCM scm_gc_disable (void);
 SCM_API SCM scm_gc_dump (void);
 SCM_API SCM scm_gc_stats (void);
-SCM_API SCM scm_gc_live_object_stats (void);
 SCM_API SCM scm_gc (void);
 SCM_INTERNAL void scm_i_gc (const char *what);
 SCM_API void scm_gc_mark (SCM p);