diff --git a/libsepol/include/sepol/roles.h b/libsepol/include/sepol/roles.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e750078c..00000000
--- a/libsepol/include/sepol/roles.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _SEPOL_ROLES_H_
-#define _SEPOL_ROLES_H_
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-extern int sepol_role_exists(const sepol_policydb_t * policydb,
-			     const char *role, int *response);
-
-extern int sepol_role_list(const sepol_policydb_t * policydb,
-			   char ***roles, unsigned int *nroles);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/libsepol/src/roles.c b/libsepol/src/roles.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4540cee8..00000000
--- a/libsepol/src/roles.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <sepol/policydb/hashtab.h>
-#include <sepol/policydb/policydb.h>
-
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "handle.h"
-
-/* Check if a role exists */
-int sepol_role_exists(sepol_handle_t * handle __attribute__ ((unused)),
-		      sepol_policydb_t * p, const char *role, int *response)
-{
-
-	policydb_t *policydb = &p->p;
-	*response = (hashtab_search(policydb->p_roles.table, role) != NULL);
-
-	return STATUS_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-/* Fill an array with all valid roles */
-int sepol_role_list(sepol_handle_t * handle,
-		    sepol_policydb_t * p, char ***roles, unsigned int *nroles)
-{
-
-	policydb_t *policydb = &p->p;
-	unsigned int tmp_nroles = policydb->p_roles.nprim;
-	char **tmp_roles = (char **)malloc(tmp_nroles * sizeof(char *));
-	char **ptr;
-	unsigned int i;
-	if (!tmp_roles)
-		goto omem;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < tmp_nroles; i++) {
-		tmp_roles[i] = strdup(policydb->p_role_val_to_name[i]);
-		if (!tmp_roles[i])
-			goto omem;
-	}
-
-	*nroles = tmp_nroles;
-	*roles = tmp_roles;
-
-	return STATUS_SUCCESS;
-
-      omem:
-	ERR(handle, "out of memory, could not list roles");
-
-	ptr = tmp_roles;
-	while (ptr && *ptr)
-		free(*ptr++);
-	free(tmp_roles);
-	return STATUS_ERR;
-}