diff --git a/common/sysutils.c b/common/sysutils.c
index faff7e4a2..b6e22e943 100644
--- a/common/sysutils.c
+++ b/common/sysutils.c
@@ -556,24 +556,6 @@ translate_sys2libc_fd (gnupg_fd_t fd, int for_write)
 #endif
 }
 
-/* This is the same as translate_sys2libc_fd but takes an integer
-   which is assumed to be such an system handle.  On WindowsCE the
-   passed FD is a rendezvous ID and the function finishes the pipe
-   creation. */
-int
-translate_sys2libc_fd_int (int fd, int for_write)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
-  if (fd <= 2)
-    return fd;	/* Do not do this for error, stdin, stdout, stderr. */
-
-  return translate_sys2libc_fd ((void*)fd, for_write);
-#else
-  (void)for_write;
-  return fd;
-#endif
-}
-
 
 /*
  * Parse the string representation of a file reference (file handle on
@@ -697,7 +679,7 @@ check_special_filename (const char *fname, int for_write, int notranslate)
         ;
       if (!fname[i])
         return notranslate? atoi (fname)
-          /**/            : translate_sys2libc_fd_int (atoi (fname), for_write);
+          /**/            : translate_sys2libc_fdstr (fname, for_write);
     }
   return -1;
 }
diff --git a/common/sysutils.h b/common/sysutils.h
index 2d864a983..380a6d9a9 100644
--- a/common/sysutils.h
+++ b/common/sysutils.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ unsigned int get_uint_nonce (void);
 void gnupg_sleep (unsigned int seconds);
 void gnupg_usleep (unsigned int usecs);
 int translate_sys2libc_fd (gnupg_fd_t fd, int for_write);
-int translate_sys2libc_fd_int (int fd, int for_write);
 gpg_error_t gnupg_sys2libc_fdstr (const char *fdstr, int for_write,
                                   gnupg_fd_t *r_hd, int *r_fd);
 int translate_sys2libc_fdstr (const char *fdstr, int for_write);