1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/mac/mac.h b/src/lib/mac/mac.h
index 2ee971b90..8ad2d1e99 100644
--- a/src/lib/mac/mac.h
+++ b/src/lib/mac/mac.h
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ class BOTAN_DLL MessageAuthenticationCode : public Buffered_Computation,
       */
       virtual MessageAuthenticationCode* clone() const = 0;
 
-      /**
-      * Get the name of this algorithm.
-      * @return name of this algorithm
-      */
-      virtual std::string name() const = 0;
-
       typedef SCAN_Name Spec;
    };