diff --git a/src/lib/str.rs b/src/lib/str.rs
index 40d49bc690e8..d1f31f3d820b 100644
--- a/src/lib/str.rs
+++ b/src/lib/str.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export byte_len;
 export buf;
 export bytes;
 export from_bytes;
-export unsafe_from_bytes;
 export unsafe_from_byte;
 export str_from_cstr;
 export str_from_buf;
@@ -193,11 +192,6 @@ fn bytes(s: str) -> [u8] {
     ret ivec::unsafe::from_buf(ptr, byte_len(s));
 }
 
-// FIXME temp thing
-fn unsafe_from_bytes(v: vec[mutable? u8]) -> str {
-    ret rustrt::str_from_vec(v);
-}
-
 fn unsafe_from_bytes_ivec(v: &[mutable? u8]) -> str {
     ret rustrt::str_from_ivec(v);
 }