diff --git a/src/kernel/command.c b/src/kernel/command.c
index 13e02ee2e..912f21f7d 100644
--- a/src/kernel/command.c
+++ b/src/kernel/command.c
@@ -85,19 +85,6 @@ void stree_add(struct syntaxtree *stree, const char *str, parser fun) {
     addtoken(&stree->root, str, var);
 }
 
-void
-add_command(struct tnode **keys,
-    const char *str, parser fun)
-{
-    command *cmd = (command *)malloc(sizeof(command));
-    variant var;
-
-    assert(str);
-    cmd->fun = fun;
-    var.v = cmd;
-    addtoken(keys, str, var);
-}
-
 static int do_command_i(const struct tnode *keys, struct unit *u, struct order *ord)
 {
     char token[128];
diff --git a/src/kernel/command.h b/src/kernel/command.h
index 17aa3e949..8fba94b7b 100644
--- a/src/kernel/command.h
+++ b/src/kernel/command.h
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ extern "C" {
     } syntaxtree;
 
     typedef void(*parser) (const void *nodes, struct unit * u, struct order *);
-    void add_command(struct tnode **troot,
-        const char *str, parser fun);
     void do_command(const struct tnode *troot, struct unit *u, struct order *);
 
     struct syntaxtree *stree_create(void);