diff --git a/lib/roken/Makefile.am b/lib/roken/Makefile.am
index 0e4433bcd..786d73467 100644
--- a/lib/roken/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/roken/Makefile.am
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ libroken_la_SOURCES =		\
 	timeval.c		\
 	tm2time.c		\
 	unvis.c			\
-	verify.c		\
 	vis.c			\
 	warnerr.c		\
 	write_pid.c		\
diff --git a/lib/roken/roken.h.in b/lib/roken/roken.h.in
index 462dea5b3..e4fd505e6 100644
--- a/lib/roken/roken.h.in
+++ b/lib/roken/roken.h.in
@@ -810,8 +810,6 @@ int rk_flock(int fd, int operation);
 
 ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION time_t ROKEN_LIB_CALL tm2time (struct tm, int);
 
-ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION int ROKEN_LIB_CALL unix_verify_user(char *, char *);
-
 ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION int ROKEN_LIB_CALL roken_concat (char *, size_t, ...);
 
 ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION size_t ROKEN_LIB_CALL roken_mconcat (char **, size_t, ...);
diff --git a/lib/roken/verify.c b/lib/roken/verify.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fc8fc57b6..000000000
--- a/lib/roken/verify.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
- * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden).
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- * are met:
- *
- * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *
- * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
- *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
- *
- * 3. Neither the name of the Institute nor the names of its contributors
- *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
- *    without specific prior written permission.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
- * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
- * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INSTITUTE OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
- * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
- * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
- * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
- * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
- * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
- * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- * SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_CRYPT_H
-#include <crypt.h>
-#endif
-#include "roken.h"
-
-ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION int ROKEN_LIB_CALL
-unix_verify_user(char *user, char *password)
-{
-    struct passwd *pw;
-
-    pw = k_getpwnam(user);
-    if(pw == NULL)
-	return -1;
-    if(strlen(pw->pw_passwd) == 0 && strlen(password) == 0)
-	return 0;
-    if(strcmp(crypt(password, pw->pw_passwd), pw->pw_passwd) == 0)
-        return 0;
-    return -1;
-}
-
diff --git a/lib/roken/version-script.map b/lib/roken/version-script.map
index 9f4251e07..da1efe4e9 100644
--- a/lib/roken/version-script.map
+++ b/lib/roken/version-script.map
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ HEIMDAL_ROKEN_1.0 {
 		signal;
 		simple_execl;
 		tm2time;
-		unix_verify_user;
 		unparse_bytes;
 		unparse_bytes_short;
 		unparse_flags;