1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys.rs b/src/libstd/sys.rs
index 0299ca0b49a..0f38671bfc2 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys.rs
@@ -13,22 +13,12 @@
 #[allow(missing_doc)];
 
 use c_str::ToCStr;
-use cast;
 use libc::size_t;
 use libc;
 use repr;
 use rt::task;
 use str;
 
-/// Returns the refcount of a shared box (as just before calling this)
-#[inline]
-pub fn refcount<T>(t: @T) -> uint {
-    unsafe {
-        let ref_ptr: *uint = cast::transmute_copy(&t);
-        *ref_ptr - 1
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn log_str<T>(t: &T) -> ~str {
     use rt::io;
     use rt::io::Decorator;