diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index 68121f4..258827d 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -245,21 +245,6 @@ static void x_win_move(int width, int height)
 }
 
 
-void eprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-        va_list ap;
-
-        va_start(ap, fmt);
-        vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
-        va_end(ap);
-
-        if (fmt[0] != '\0' && fmt[strlen(fmt) - 1] == ':') {
-                fputc(' ', stderr);
-                perror(NULL);
-        }
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-}
-
 void setopacity(Window win, unsigned long opacity)
 {
         Atom _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY =