diff --git a/daemon/helpers.c b/daemon/helpers.c
index 3bc030900..92d7b0499 100644
--- a/daemon/helpers.c
+++ b/daemon/helpers.c
@@ -77,15 +77,6 @@ static const struct scheduler schedulers[] = {
 
 
 
-GList *g_list_link(GList *list, GList *el) {
-	el->prev = NULL;
-	el->next = list;
-	if (list)
-		list->prev = el;
-	return el;
-}
-
-
 int pcre2_multi_match(pcre2_code *re, const char *s, unsigned int num, parse_func f,
 		void *p, GQueue *q)
 {
diff --git a/include/helpers.h b/include/helpers.h
index 70ded6e9e..5e271fc1e 100644
--- a/include/helpers.h
+++ b/include/helpers.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ INLINE void strdupfree(char **, const char *);
 
 /*** GLIB HELPERS ***/
 
-GList *g_list_link(GList *, GList *);
-
 #if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,62,0)
 
 // from https://github.com/GNOME/glib/blob/master/glib/glist.c