--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -1600,40 +1600,6 @@ strup_save(orig)
 #endif
 
 /*
- * copy a space a number of times
- */
-    void
-copy_spaces(ptr, count)
-    char_u	*ptr;
-    size_t	count;
-{
-    size_t	i = count;
-    char_u	*p = ptr;
-
-    while (i--)
-	*p++ = ' ';
-}
-
-#if defined(FEAT_VISUALEXTRA) || defined(PROTO)
-/*
- * Copy a character a number of times.
- * Does not work for multi-byte characters!
- */
-    void
-copy_chars(ptr, count, c)
-    char_u	*ptr;
-    size_t	count;
-    int		c;
-{
-    size_t	i = count;
-    char_u	*p = ptr;
-
-    while (i--)
-	*p++ = c;
-}
-#endif
-
-/*
  * delete spaces at the end of a string
  */
     void