diff --git a/contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c b/contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c
index d679eed1ad..294dcd8689 100644
--- a/contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c
+++ b/contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ char	   *convert_charset(char *string);
 void		usage(void);
 unsigned int isinteger(char *);
 
-char	   *simple_prompt(const char *prompt, int maxlen, bool echo);
 
 
 unsigned int
@@ -565,114 +564,6 @@ do_inserts(PGconn *conn, char *table, dbhead * dbh)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * simple_prompt  --- borrowed from psql
- *
- * Generalized function especially intended for reading in usernames and
- * password interactively. Reads from /dev/tty or stdin/stderr.
- *
- * prompt:		The prompt to print
- * maxlen:		How many characters to accept
- * echo:		Set to false if you want to hide what is entered (for passwords)
- *
- * Returns a malloc()'ed string with the input (w/o trailing newline).
- */
-static bool prompt_state = false;
-
-char *
-simple_prompt(const char *prompt, int maxlen, bool echo)
-{
-	int			length;
-	char	   *destination;
-	FILE	   *termin,
-			   *termout;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
-	struct termios t_orig,
-				t;
-#endif
-
-	destination = (char *) malloc(maxlen + 2);
-	if (!destination)
-		return NULL;
-
-	prompt_state = true;		/* disable SIGINT */
-
-	/*
-	 * Do not try to collapse these into one "w+" mode file. Doesn't work
-	 * on some platforms (eg, HPUX 10.20).
-	 */
-	termin = fopen("/dev/tty", "r");
-	termout = fopen("/dev/tty", "w");
-	if (!termin || !termout)
-	{
-		if (termin)
-			fclose(termin);
-		if (termout)
-			fclose(termout);
-		termin = stdin;
-		termout = stderr;
-	}
-
-#ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
-	if (!echo)
-	{
-		tcgetattr(fileno(termin), &t);
-		t_orig = t;
-		t.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;
-		tcsetattr(fileno(termin), TCSAFLUSH, &t);
-	}
-#endif
-
-	if (prompt)
-	{
-		fputs(gettext(prompt), termout);
-		fflush(termout);
-	}
-
-	if (fgets(destination, maxlen, termin) == NULL)
-		destination[0] = '\0';
-
-	length = strlen(destination);
-	if (length > 0 && destination[length - 1] != '\n')
-	{
-		/* eat rest of the line */
-		char		buf[128];
-		int			buflen;
-
-		do
-		{
-			if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), termin) == NULL)
-				break;
-			buflen = strlen(buf);
-		} while (buflen > 0 && buf[buflen - 1] != '\n');
-	}
-
-	if (length > 0 && destination[length - 1] == '\n')
-		/* remove trailing newline */
-		destination[length - 1] = '\0';
-
-#ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
-	if (!echo)
-	{
-		tcsetattr(fileno(termin), TCSAFLUSH, &t_orig);
-		fputs("\n", termout);
-		fflush(termout);
-	}
-#endif
-
-	if (termin != stdin)
-	{
-		fclose(termin);
-		fclose(termout);
-	}
-
-	prompt_state = false;		/* SIGINT okay again */
-
-	return destination;
-}
-
-
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
diff --git a/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c b/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c
index 3db7cb9c71..3a111afca2 100644
--- a/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c
+++ b/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c,v 1.22 2003/08/04 22:03:39 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c,v 1.23 2003/08/08 20:20:49 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -44,118 +44,9 @@ struct _param
 };
 
 int			vacuumlo(char *, struct _param *);
-char	   *simple_prompt(const char *prompt, int, int);
 void		usage(void);
 
 
-/*
- * simple_prompt
- *
- * Generalized function especially intended for reading in usernames and
- * password interactively. Reads from /dev/tty or stdin/stderr.
- *
- * prompt:		The prompt to print
- * maxlen:		How many characters to accept
- * echo:		Set to 0 if you want to hide what is entered (for passwords)
- *
- * Returns a malloc()'ed string with the input (w/o trailing newline).
- */
-static int	prompt_state = 0;
-
-char *
-simple_prompt(const char *prompt, int maxlen, int echo)
-{
-	int			length;
-	char	   *destination;
-	FILE	   *termin,
-			   *termout;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
-	struct termios t_orig,
-				t;
-#endif
-
-	destination = (char *) malloc(maxlen + 2);
-	if (!destination)
-		return NULL;
-
-	prompt_state = 1;			/* disable SIGINT */
-
-	/*
-	 * Do not try to collapse these into one "w+" mode file. Doesn't work
-	 * on some platforms (eg, HPUX 10.20).
-	 */
-	termin = fopen("/dev/tty", "r");
-	termout = fopen("/dev/tty", "w");
-	if (!termin || !termout)
-	{
-		if (termin)
-			fclose(termin);
-		if (termout)
-			fclose(termout);
-		termin = stdin;
-		termout = stderr;
-	}
-
-#ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
-	if (!echo)
-	{
-		tcgetattr(fileno(termin), &t);
-		t_orig = t;
-		t.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;
-		tcsetattr(fileno(termin), TCSAFLUSH, &t);
-	}
-#endif
-
-	if (prompt)
-	{
-		fputs(prompt, termout);
-		fflush(termout);
-	}
-
-	if (fgets(destination, maxlen, termin) == NULL)
-		destination[0] = '\0';
-
-	length = strlen(destination);
-	if (length > 0 && destination[length - 1] != '\n')
-	{
-		/* eat rest of the line */
-		char		buf[128];
-		int			buflen;
-
-		do
-		{
-			if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), termin) == NULL)
-				break;
-			buflen = strlen(buf);
-		} while (buflen > 0 && buf[buflen - 1] != '\n');
-	}
-
-	if (length > 0 && destination[length - 1] == '\n')
-		/* remove trailing newline */
-		destination[length - 1] = '\0';
-
-#ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
-	if (!echo)
-	{
-		tcsetattr(fileno(termin), TCSAFLUSH, &t_orig);
-		fputs("\n", termout);
-		fflush(termout);
-	}
-#endif
-
-	if (termin != stdin)
-	{
-		fclose(termin);
-		fclose(termout);
-	}
-
-	prompt_state = 0;			/* SIGINT okay again */
-
-	return destination;
-}
-
-
 
 /*
  * This vacuums LOs of one database. It returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.