diff --git a/memset.c b/memset.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e034dbeae5..0000000000
--- a/memset.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#include "config.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_FASTMEMSET
-#if defined(HAVE_SSE) || defined(HAVE_SSE2)
-/* (C) 2001 Csabai Csaba <csibi@diablo.ovinet.hu> */
-inline void *fast_memset(void *ptr, long val, long num) 
-{
-    __asm__ __volatile__(
-	"cmpxchg8 (%2)"
-	: "=a" (val), "=d" (num)
-	: "r" (ptr), "0" (val), "1" (num)
-	:"memory");
-
-    return(ptr);
-}
-#endif
-#endif