create_random_point was not used anywhere, so remove it

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
index 24aa8d8af..42ad7ef51 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
@@ -425,29 +425,4 @@ PointGFp OS2ECP(const MemoryRegion<byte>& os, const CurveGFp& curve)
    return result;
    }
 
-PointGFp create_random_point(RandomNumberGenerator& rng,
-                             const CurveGFp& curve)
-   {
-   const BigInt& p = curve.get_p();
-
-   while(true)
-      {
-      BigInt r(rng, p.bits());
-
-      GFpElement x = GFpElement(p, r);
-      GFpElement x3 = x * x * x;
-
-      GFpElement ax(curve.get_p(), curve.get_a());
-      ax *= x;
-
-      GFpElement bx3(curve.get_p(), curve.get_b());
-      bx3 *= x3;
-
-      GFpElement y = ax + bx3;
-
-      if(ressol(y.get_value(), p) > 0)
-         return PointGFp(curve, x.get_value(), y.get_value());
-      }
-   }
-
 }