diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 1e51da3..73ade27 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -93,26 +93,6 @@ char *string_append(char *a, const char *b, const char *sep)
 
 }
 
-char **string_to_argv(const char *s)
-{
-        char *str = strdup(s);
-        char **argv = NULL;
-        char *p = strtok (str, " ");
-        int n_spaces = 0;
-
-        while (p) {
-                argv = realloc (argv, sizeof (char*) * ++n_spaces);
-                argv[n_spaces-1] = g_strdup(p);
-                p = strtok (NULL, " ");
-        }
-        argv = realloc (argv, sizeof (char*) * (n_spaces+1));
-        argv[n_spaces] = NULL;
-
-        free(str);
-
-        return argv;
-}
-
 void string_strip_delimited(char *str, char a, char b)
 {
         int iread=-1, iwrite=0, copen=0;
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 88db004..be98d46 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ char *string_replace(const char *needle, const char *replacement,
 
 char *string_append(char *a, const char *b, const char *sep);
 
-char **string_to_argv(const char *s);
-
 /* strip content between two delimiter characters (inplace) */
 void string_strip_delimited(char *str, char a, char b);