--- a/src/gui_w32.c
+++ b/src/gui_w32.c
@@ -3882,151 +3882,6 @@ gui_mch_browsedir(char_u *title, char_u 
 }
 
 
-/*
- * Get command line arguments.
- * Use "prog" as the name of the program and "cmdline" as the arguments.
- * Copy the arguments to allocated memory.
- * Return the number of arguments (including program name).
- * Return pointers to the arguments in "argvp".  Memory is allocated with
- * malloc(), use free() instead of vim_free().
- * Return pointer to buffer in "tofree".
- * Returns zero when out of memory.
- */
-    int
-get_cmd_args(char *prog, char *cmdline, char ***argvp, char **tofree)
-{
-    int		i;
-    char	*p;
-    char	*progp;
-    char	*pnew = NULL;
-    char	*newcmdline;
-    int		inquote;
-    int		argc;
-    char	**argv = NULL;
-    int		round;
-
-    *tofree = NULL;
-
-    /* Try using the Unicode version first, it takes care of conversion when
-     * 'encoding' is changed. */
-    argc = get_cmd_argsW(&argv);
-    if (argc != 0)
-	goto done;
-
-    /* Handle the program name.  Remove the ".exe" extension, and find the 1st
-     * non-space. */
-    p = strrchr(prog, '.');
-    if (p != NULL)
-	*p = NUL;
-    for (progp = prog; *progp == ' '; ++progp)
-	;
-
-    /* The command line is copied to allocated memory, so that we can change
-     * it.  Add the size of the string, the separating NUL and a terminating
-     * NUL. */
-    newcmdline = malloc(STRLEN(cmdline) + STRLEN(progp) + 2);
-    if (newcmdline == NULL)
-	return 0;
-
-    /*
-     * First round: count the number of arguments ("pnew" == NULL).
-     * Second round: produce the arguments.
-     */
-    for (round = 1; round <= 2; ++round)
-    {
-	/* First argument is the program name. */
-	if (pnew != NULL)
-	{
-	    argv[0] = pnew;
-	    strcpy(pnew, progp);
-	    pnew += strlen(pnew);
-	    *pnew++ = NUL;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Isolate each argument and put it in argv[].
-	 */
-	p = cmdline;
-	argc = 1;
-	while (*p != NUL)
-	{
-	    inquote = FALSE;
-	    if (pnew != NULL)
-		argv[argc] = pnew;
-	    ++argc;
-	    while (*p != NUL && (inquote || (*p != ' ' && *p != '\t')))
-	    {
-		/* Backslashes are only special when followed by a double
-		 * quote. */
-		i = (int)strspn(p, "\\");
-		if (p[i] == '"')
-		{
-		    /* Halve the number of backslashes. */
-		    if (i > 1 && pnew != NULL)
-		    {
-			vim_memset(pnew, '\\', i / 2);
-			pnew += i / 2;
-		    }
-
-		    /* Even nr of backslashes toggles quoting, uneven copies
-		     * the double quote. */
-		    if ((i & 1) == 0)
-			inquote = !inquote;
-		    else if (pnew != NULL)
-			*pnew++ = '"';
-		    p += i + 1;
-		}
-		else if (i > 0)
-		{
-		    /* Copy span of backslashes unmodified. */
-		    if (pnew != NULL)
-		    {
-			vim_memset(pnew, '\\', i);
-			pnew += i;
-		    }
-		    p += i;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-		    if (pnew != NULL)
-			*pnew++ = *p;
-		    /* Can't use mb_* functions, because 'encoding' is not
-		     * initialized yet here. */
-		    if (IsDBCSLeadByte(*p))
-		    {
-			++p;
-			if (pnew != NULL)
-			    *pnew++ = *p;
-		    }
-		    ++p;
-		}
-	    }
-
-	    if (pnew != NULL)
-		*pnew++ = NUL;
-	    while (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t')
-		++p;		    /* advance until a non-space */
-	}
-
-	if (round == 1)
-	{
-	    argv = (char **)malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(char *));
-	    if (argv == NULL )
-	    {
-		free(newcmdline);
-		return 0;		   /* malloc error */
-	    }
-	    pnew = newcmdline;
-	    *tofree = newcmdline;
-	}
-    }
-
-done:
-    argv[argc] = NULL;		/* NULL-terminated list */
-    *argvp = argv;
-    return argc;
-}
-
 #ifdef FEAT_XPM_W32
 # include "xpm_w32.h"
 #endif