diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 77435aad7..28650883c 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -420,30 +420,6 @@ void * memset(void * s,int c,size_t count)
 #endif
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
 
-#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_BCOPY
-/**
- * bcopy - Copy one area of memory to another
- * @src: Where to copy from
- * @dest: Where to copy to
- * @count: The size of the area.
- *
- * Note that this is the same as memcpy(), with the arguments reversed.
- * memcpy() is the standard, bcopy() is a legacy BSD function.
- *
- * You should not use this function to access IO space, use memcpy_toio()
- * or memcpy_fromio() instead.
- */
-char * bcopy(const char * src, char * dest, int count)
-{
-	char *tmp = dest;
-
-	while (count--)
-		*tmp++ = *src++;
-
-	return dest;
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
 /**
  * memcpy - Copy one area of memory to another