--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -3938,82 +3938,6 @@ sort_strings(
     qsort((void *)files, (size_t)count, sizeof(char_u *), sort_compare);
 }
 
-#if !defined(NO_EXPANDPATH) || defined(PROTO)
-/*
- * Compare path "p[]" to "q[]".
- * If "maxlen" >= 0 compare "p[maxlen]" to "q[maxlen]"
- * Return value like strcmp(p, q), but consider path separators.
- */
-    int
-pathcmp(const char *p, const char *q, int maxlen)
-{
-    int		i, j;
-    int		c1, c2;
-    const char	*s = NULL;
-
-    for (i = 0, j = 0; maxlen < 0 || (i < maxlen && j < maxlen);)
-    {
-	c1 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)p + i);
-	c2 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)q + j);
-
-	/* End of "p": check if "q" also ends or just has a slash. */
-	if (c1 == NUL)
-	{
-	    if (c2 == NUL)  /* full match */
-		return 0;
-	    s = q;
-	    i = j;
-	    break;
-	}
-
-	/* End of "q": check if "p" just has a slash. */
-	if (c2 == NUL)
-	{
-	    s = p;
-	    break;
-	}
-
-	if ((p_fic ? MB_TOUPPER(c1) != MB_TOUPPER(c2) : c1 != c2)
-#ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
-		/* consider '/' and '\\' to be equal */
-		&& !((c1 == '/' && c2 == '\\')
-		    || (c1 == '\\' && c2 == '/'))
-#endif
-		)
-	{
-	    if (vim_ispathsep(c1))
-		return -1;
-	    if (vim_ispathsep(c2))
-		return 1;
-	    return p_fic ? MB_TOUPPER(c1) - MB_TOUPPER(c2)
-		    : c1 - c2;  /* no match */
-	}
-
-	i += MB_PTR2LEN((char_u *)p + i);
-	j += MB_PTR2LEN((char_u *)q + j);
-    }
-    if (s == NULL)	/* "i" or "j" ran into "maxlen" */
-	return 0;
-
-    c1 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)s + i);
-    c2 = PTR2CHAR((char_u *)s + i + MB_PTR2LEN((char_u *)s + i));
-    /* ignore a trailing slash, but not "//" or ":/" */
-    if (c2 == NUL
-	    && i > 0
-	    && !after_pathsep((char_u *)s, (char_u *)s + i)
-#ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
-	    && (c1 == '/' || c1 == '\\')
-#else
-	    && c1 == '/'
-#endif
-       )
-	return 0;   /* match with trailing slash */
-    if (s == q)
-	return -1;	    /* no match */
-    return 1;
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * The putenv() implementation below comes from the "screen" program.
  * Included with permission from Juergen Weigert.