diff --git a/common/include/strio.h b/common/include/strio.h
index a3ee006cb..16a31e718 100644
--- a/common/include/strio.h
+++ b/common/include/strio.h
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 #ifndef _STRIO_H
 #define _STRIO_H
 
-#include <physfs.h>
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-char* fgets_unlimited(PHYSFS_file *f);
 char *splitword(char *s, char splitchar);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/common/misc/strio.cpp b/common/misc/strio.cpp
index 80ef93423..9715b357a 100644
--- a/common/misc/strio.cpp
+++ b/common/misc/strio.cpp
@@ -5,33 +5,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include "physfsx.h"
 #include "strio.h"
 #include "u_mem.h"
 
-char *fgets_unlimited(PHYSFS_file *f)
-{
-    int		mem = 256;
-    char	*word, *buf, *p;
-
-    MALLOC(word, char, mem);
-    p = word;
-
-    while (word && PHYSFSX_fgets(p, mem, f) == word + mem) {
-        int i;
-        
-        // Make a bigger buffer, because it read to the end of the buffer.
-        buf = word;
-        mem *= 2;
-        MALLOC(word, char, mem);
-        for (i = 0; i < mem/2; i++)
-            word[i] = buf[i];
-        d_free(buf);
-        p = word + mem/2;
-    }
-    return word;
-}
-
 char* splitword(char *s, char splitchar)
 {
  int x,l,l2;