diff --git a/headers/os/locale/LocaleRoster.h b/headers/os/locale/LocaleRoster.h
index cb7766e753..a5fc1887c0 100644
--- a/headers/os/locale/LocaleRoster.h
+++ b/headers/os/locale/LocaleRoster.h
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ public:
 									const entry_ref& ref,
 									bool traverse = false);
 
-			status_t			GetLocalizedFileName(BString& localizedFileName,
-									const char* signature, const char* context,
-									const char* string);
-
 	static	const char*			kCatLangAttr;
 	static	const char*			kCatSigAttr;
 	static	const char*			kCatFingerprintAttr;
diff --git a/src/kits/locale/LocaleRoster.cpp b/src/kits/locale/LocaleRoster.cpp
index e9b7460631..6966a4e138 100644
--- a/src/kits/locale/LocaleRoster.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/locale/LocaleRoster.cpp
@@ -412,30 +412,7 @@ BLocaleRoster::GetLocalizedFileName(BString& localizedFileName,
 	if (status != B_OK)
 		return status;
 
-	return GetLocalizedFileName(localizedFileName, signature, context, string);
-}
-
-
-/*!	\brief Looks up a localized filename from a catalog.
-	\param localizedFileName A pre-allocated BString object for the result
-		of the lookup.
-	\param signature The "x-vnd..." part of an application signature.
-	\param context A catalog context. Likely B_TRANSLATE_SYSTEM_NAME_CONTEXT.
-	\param string A catalog string entry. Likely the unlocalized app name.
-	\return
-	- \c B_OK: success
-	- \c B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: failure. Catalog entry not found in catalog, etc
-	- other error codes: failure
-
-	Lookup is done for the top preferred language, only.
-	Lookup fails if a comment is present in the catalog entry.
-*/
-status_t
-BLocaleRoster::GetLocalizedFileName(BString& localizedFileName,
-	const char* signature, const char* context, const char* string)
-{
 	BCatalog catalog(signature);
-
 	const char* temp = catalog.GetString(string, context);
 
 	if (temp == NULL)