diff --git a/libtransmission/fdlimit.c b/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
index e480eb20f..ae1c505fa 100644
--- a/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
+++ b/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
@@ -196,12 +196,6 @@ preallocateFileFull( const char * filename, uint64_t length )
     return success;
 }
 
-tr_bool
-tr_preallocate_file( const char * filename, uint64_t length )
-{
-    return preallocateFileFull( filename, length );
-}
-
 /* Like pread and pwrite, except that the position is undefined afterwards.
    And of course they are not thread-safe. */
 
diff --git a/libtransmission/fdlimit.h b/libtransmission/fdlimit.h
index 7a201bdb1..674bdcc74 100644
--- a/libtransmission/fdlimit.h
+++ b/libtransmission/fdlimit.h
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ int tr_open_file_for_writing( const char * filename );
 
 void tr_close_file( int fd );
 
-tr_bool tr_preallocate_file( const char * filename, uint64_t length );
-
 int64_t tr_lseek( int fd, int64_t offset, int whence );
 ssize_t tr_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
 ssize_t tr_pwrite(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);