diff --git a/compiler/cutils.pas b/compiler/cutils.pas
index ce865bf3c9..f620746eab 100644
--- a/compiler/cutils.pas
+++ b/compiler/cutils.pas
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ interface
     function PadSpace(const s:string;len:longint):string;
     function GetToken(var s:string;endchar:char):string;
     procedure uppervar(var s : string);
-    function hexstr(val : cardinal;cnt : cardinal) : string;
     function realtostr(e:extended):string;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}
     function tostr(i : qword) : string;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}overload;
     function tostr(i : int64) : string;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}overload;
@@ -395,39 +394,6 @@ uses
       end;
 
 
-    function hexstr(val : cardinal;cnt : cardinal) : string;
-      const
-        HexTbl : array[0..15] of char='0123456789ABCDEF';
-      var
-        i,j : cardinal;
-      begin
-        { calculate required length }
-        i:=0;
-        j:=val;
-        while (j>0) do
-         begin
-           inc(i);
-           j:=j shr 4;
-         end;
-        { generate fillers }
-        j:=0;
-        while (i+j<cnt) do
-         begin
-           inc(j);
-           hexstr[j]:='0';
-         end;
-        { generate hex }
-        inc(j,i);
-        hexstr[0]:=chr(j);
-        while (val>0) do
-         begin
-           hexstr[j]:=hextbl[val and $f];
-           dec(j);
-           val:=val shr 4;
-         end;
-      end;
-
-
     function DStr(l:longint):string;
       var
         TmpStr : string[32];