diff --git a/proc.c b/proc.c
index 7e160a8..82458bc 100644
--- a/proc.c
+++ b/proc.c
@@ -799,14 +799,6 @@ proc_composev(struct privsep *ps, enum privsep_procid id,
 	return (proc_composev_imsg(ps, id, -1, type, -1, -1, iov, iovcnt));
 }
 
-int
-proc_forward_imsg(struct privsep *ps, struct imsg *imsg,
-    enum privsep_procid id, int n)
-{
-	return (proc_compose_imsg(ps, id, n, imsg->hdr.type,
-	    imsg->hdr.peerid, -1, imsg->data, IMSG_DATA_SIZE(imsg)));
-}
-
 struct imsgbuf *
 proc_ibuf(struct privsep *ps, enum privsep_procid id, int n)
 {
diff --git a/proc.h b/proc.h
index 45b5216..f576ad3 100644
--- a/proc.h
+++ b/proc.h
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ int	 proc_composev_imsg(struct privsep *, enum privsep_procid, int,
 	    uint16_t, uint32_t, int, const struct iovec *, int);
 int	 proc_composev(struct privsep *, enum privsep_procid,
 	    uint16_t, const struct iovec *, int);
-int	 proc_forward_imsg(struct privsep *, struct imsg *,
-	    enum privsep_procid, int);
 struct imsgbuf *
 	 proc_ibuf(struct privsep *, enum privsep_procid, int);
 struct imsgev *