diff --git a/src/clib/xtg/libxtg.h b/src/clib/xtg/libxtg.h
index 0ed81746c..073da68e1 100644
--- a/src/clib/xtg/libxtg.h
+++ b/src/clib/xtg/libxtg.h
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ xtg_fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode);
 FILE *
 xtg_fopen_bytestream(char *swig_bytes, long swig_bytes_len, const char *mode);
 
-int
-xtg_fseek_start(FILE *fhandle);
-
 int
 xtg_fflush(FILE *fhandle);
 
diff --git a/src/clib/xtg/xtg_io.c b/src/clib/xtg/xtg_io.c
index 6bb193f27..9efa531fb 100644
--- a/src/clib/xtg/xtg_io.c
+++ b/src/clib/xtg/xtg_io.c
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ xtg_fopen_bytestream(char *stream, long nstream, const char *mode)
 }
 #endif
 
-int
-xtg_fseek_start(FILE *fhandle)
-{
-    return fseek(fhandle, 0, SEEK_SET);
-}
-
 int
 xtg_fflush(FILE *fhandle)
 {