diff --git a/Xext/geext.c b/Xext/geext.c
index 8eb4631f2..1067b8b3d 100644
--- a/Xext/geext.c
+++ b/Xext/geext.c
@@ -198,14 +198,3 @@ GERegisterExtension(int extension,
     /* extension opcodes are > 128, might as well save some space here */
     GEExtensions[EXT_MASK(extension)].evswap = ev_swap;
 }
-
-/* Sets type and extension field for a generic event. This is just an
- * auxiliary function, extensions could do it manually too.
- */
-void
-GEInitEvent(xGenericEvent *ev, int extension)
-{
-    ev->type = GenericEvent;
-    ev->extension = extension;
-    ev->length = 0;
-}
diff --git a/Xext/geext.h b/Xext/geext.h
index ba8ff5c4d..f4f80b5a4 100644
--- a/Xext/geext.h
+++ b/Xext/geext.h
@@ -50,6 +50,4 @@ extern _X_EXPORT void GERegisterExtension(int extension,
                                                                xGenericEvent
                                                                *to));
 
-extern _X_EXPORT void GEInitEvent(xGenericEvent *ev, int extension);
-
 #endif                          /* _GEEXT_H_ */