diff --git a/netwerk/base/src/nsIOService.cpp b/netwerk/base/src/nsIOService.cpp
index ee2d4d5decec..e77d4fa7c802 100644
--- a/netwerk/base/src/nsIOService.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/base/src/nsIOService.cpp
@@ -432,63 +432,5 @@ nsIOService::NewInputStreamChannel(nsIURI* uri, const char *contentType,
     *result = channel;
     return NS_OK;
 }
-#if 0
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsIOService::GetSocketErrorString(PRUint32 iCode, PRUnichar** oString)
-{
-    nsresult rv = NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
-    if (!oString)
-        return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
-
-    *oString = nsnull;
-
-    switch (iCode) /* these are currently just nsSocketState 
-                      (as in nsSocketTransport.h) */
-    {
-        case eSocketState_WaitDNS:
-            {
-                static nsAutoString mesg("Resolving host ");
-                *oString = mesg.ToNewUnicode();
-                if (!*oString) return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-                rv = NS_OK;
-            }
-            break;
-        case eSocketState_Connected:
-            {
-                static nsAutoString mesg("Connected to ");
-                *oString = mesg.ToNewUnicode();
-                if (!*oString) return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-                rv = NS_OK;
-            }
-            break;
-        case eSocketState_WaitReadWrite:
-            {
-                static nsAutoString mesg("Transfering data from ");
-                *oString = mesg.ToNewUnicode();
-                if (!*oString) return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-                rv = NS_OK;
-            }
-            break;
-        case eSocketState_WaitConnect:
-            {
-                static nsAutoString mesg("Connecting to ");
-                *oString = mesg.ToNewUnicode();
-                if (!*oString) return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-                rv = NS_OK;
-            }
-            break;
-        case eSocketState_Created: 
-        case eSocketState_Closed:
-        case eSocketState_Done:
-        case eSocketState_Timeout:
-        case eSocketState_Error:
-        case eSocketState_Max:
-        default:
-            return rv; // just return error, ie no status strings for this case
-            break;
-    }
-    return rv;
-}
-#endif
 
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