diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 11b3fdc178c..35f0da1ba76 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1975,77 +1975,6 @@ sub git_heads_body {
 	print "</table>\n";
 }
 
-## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## functions printing large fragments, format as one of arguments
-
-sub git_diff_print {
-	my $from = shift;
-	my $from_name = shift;
-	my $to = shift;
-	my $to_name = shift;
-	my $format = shift || "html";
-
-	my $from_tmp = "/dev/null";
-	my $to_tmp = "/dev/null";
-	my $pid = $$;
-
-	# create tmp from-file
-	if (defined $from) {
-		$from_tmp = "$git_temp/gitweb_" . $$ . "_from";
-		open my $fd2, "> $from_tmp";
-		open my $fd, "-|", $GIT, "cat-file", "blob", $from;
-		my @file = <$fd>;
-		print $fd2 @file;
-		close $fd2;
-		close $fd;
-	}
-
-	# create tmp to-file
-	if (defined $to) {
-		$to_tmp = "$git_temp/gitweb_" . $$ . "_to";
-		open my $fd2, "> $to_tmp";
-		open my $fd, "-|", $GIT, "cat-file", "blob", $to;
-		my @file = <$fd>;
-		print $fd2 @file;
-		close $fd2;
-		close $fd;
-	}
-
-	open my $fd, "-|", "/usr/bin/diff -u -p -L \'$from_name\' -L \'$to_name\' $from_tmp $to_tmp";
-	if ($format eq "plain") {
-		undef $/;
-		print <$fd>;
-		$/ = "\n";
-	} else {
-		while (my $line = <$fd>) {
-			chomp $line;
-			my $char = substr($line, 0, 1);
-			my $diff_class = "";
-			if ($char eq '+') {
-				$diff_class = " add";
-			} elsif ($char eq "-") {
-				$diff_class = " rem";
-			} elsif ($char eq "@") {
-				$diff_class = " chunk_header";
-			} elsif ($char eq "\\") {
-				# skip errors
-				next;
-			}
-			$line = untabify($line);
-			print "<div class=\"diff$diff_class\">" . esc_html($line) . "</div>\n";
-		}
-	}
-	close $fd;
-
-	if (defined $from) {
-		unlink($from_tmp);
-	}
-	if (defined $to) {
-		unlink($to_tmp);
-	}
-}
-
-
 ## ======================================================================
 ## ======================================================================
 ## actions