diff --git a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp
index 52fe4682ad06..5d5edb73559b 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp
@@ -2795,8 +2795,6 @@ NODE_FOUND:
     parent->GetNodeName(parentTagName);
     // Note: Originally used IsRoot to stop at table cells,
     //  but that's too messy when you are trying to find the parent table
-    //bool isRoot;
-    //if (NS_FAILED(IsRootTag(parentTagName, isRoot)) || isRoot)
     if(parentTagName.LowerCaseEqualsLiteral("body"))
       break;
 
@@ -4196,28 +4194,6 @@ nsHTMLEditor::SetCaretInTableCell(nsIDOMElement* aElement)
   return caretIsSet;
 }            
 
-
-
-NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsHTMLEditor::IsRootTag(nsString &aTag, bool &aIsTag)
-{
-  static char bodyTag[] = "body";
-  static char tdTag[] = "td";
-  static char thTag[] = "th";
-  static char captionTag[] = "caption";
-  if (aTag.EqualsIgnoreCase(bodyTag) ||
-      aTag.EqualsIgnoreCase(tdTag) ||
-      aTag.EqualsIgnoreCase(thTag) ||
-      aTag.EqualsIgnoreCase(captionTag) )
-  {
-    aIsTag = true;
-  }
-  else {
-    aIsTag = false;
-  }
-  return NS_OK;
-}
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // GetEnclosingTable: find ancestor who is a table, if any
 //                  
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.h b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.h
index 2fc00cffaf5f..f818204d4037 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.h
+++ b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.h
@@ -513,8 +513,6 @@ protected:
 
 // End of Table Editing utilities
   
-  NS_IMETHOD IsRootTag(nsString &aTag, bool &aIsTag);
-
   virtual bool IsBlockNode(nsIDOMNode *aNode);
   virtual bool IsBlockNode(nsINode *aNode);