diff --git a/include/cutils/sockets.h b/include/cutils/sockets.h
index b9c22c165..4626e7acd 100644
--- a/include/cutils/sockets.h
+++ b/include/cutils/sockets.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ int android_get_control_socket(const char* name);
  *
  * These functions return INVALID_SOCKET (-1) on failure for all platforms.
  */
-int socket_loopback_client(int port, int type);
 cutils_socket_t socket_network_client(const char* host, int port, int type);
 int socket_network_client_timeout(const char* host, int port, int type,
                                   int timeout, int* getaddrinfo_error);
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index 94275bd1e..943926b9b 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ libcutils_nonwindows_sources = [
     "socket_inaddr_any_server_unix.c",
     "socket_local_client_unix.c",
     "socket_local_server_unix.c",
-    "socket_loopback_client_unix.c",
     "socket_loopback_server_unix.c",
     "socket_network_client_unix.c",
     "sockets_unix.cpp",
diff --git a/libcutils/socket_loopback_client_unix.c b/libcutils/socket_loopback_client_unix.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 137e369c2..000000000
--- a/libcutils/socket_loopback_client_unix.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** Copyright 2006, The Android Open Source Project
-**
-** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
-** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
-** You may obtain a copy of the License at 
-**
-**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-**
-** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
-** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
-** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
-** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
-** limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/select.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <cutils/sockets.h>
-
-/* Connect to port on the loopback IP interface. type is
- * SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM. 
- * return is a file descriptor or -1 on error
- */
-int socket_loopback_client(int port, int type)
-{
-    return socket_network_client("localhost", port, type);
-}
-