diff --git a/include/utils/filepack.h b/include/utils/filepack.h
index f08265d3e8188d5380a12bdeacbb10af0c5f8020..98114a2fa4dff8b5a7645f0b669b5f9b3a34d5ac 100644
--- a/include/utils/filepack.h
+++ b/include/utils/filepack.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 void fp_change (char *filename1, char *filename2);
 void fp_remove (char *filename);
-int fp_getwd (char *path, char *rootname);
 
 #endif /*FILEPACK_H*/
 
diff --git a/src/utils/filepack.c b/src/utils/filepack.c
index c56982d64201ea0374eeb37709e287aad9051432..e7e23caa1c7c1b0b037dd6f60e7b213f9020389f 100644
--- a/src/utils/filepack.c
+++ b/src/utils/filepack.c
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@ void fp_change(char* filename1, char *filename2)
 	free(filename3);
 }
 
-int fp_getwd(char *path, char *rootname)
-{
-	rootname[0] = '\0';
-	return((getcwd(path, fidleng + 1) != NULL));
-}
-
 void fp_remove(char *filename)
 {
 	unlink(filename);