diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b0d5046d873b6c4cffda28f1b5ce55996f54e711..c21760f9aab898637e378fc2c2c0aab80f79a07c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([clock_gettime ftime getcwd gethostbyaddr gethostbyname gettimeof
 				mblen memmove memset nl_langinfo pathconf realpath setlocale socket \
 				strcasecmp strncasecmp stricmp strnicmp strchr strdup \
 				strrchr strstr strtol strtoul \
-				towupper towlower iswspace \
+				towupper towlower \
 				mbrlen wcsrtombs mbsrtowcs \
 				])
 				
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ AC_SUBST([SHREXT], [$shrext_cmds])
 #
 # Orchestrate the replacement of missing functions
 #
-AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([stricmp strnicmp iswspace towlower towupper])
+AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([stricmp strnicmp towlower towupper])
 
 
 ######################################################
diff --git a/lib/iswspace.c b/lib/iswspace.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0735b95a4e7ed89ab4a6de3ee816801b7baae938..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/iswspace.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
- * 
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/*
- * $Id$
- */
-
-#include "iswspace.h"
-
-int iswspace(int wc)
-{
-	return wc == ' ';
-}
diff --git a/lib/iswspace.h b/lib/iswspace.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a4d76e05baa71fb7affe039d9fadfe0a1a7250f5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/iswspace.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
- * 
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/*
- * $Id$
- */
-
-#ifndef ISWSPACE_H
-#define ISWSPACE_H
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-extern int iswspace(int wc);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif