1 files changed, 0 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/util.cpp b/src/utils/util.cpp
index af1c62ebd..f8b98fcb8 100644
--- a/src/utils/util.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/util.cpp
@@ -64,36 +64,4 @@ u32bit dl_work_factor(u32bit bits)
 #endif
    }
 
-/*************************************************
-* Estimate the entropy of the buffer             *
-*************************************************/
-u32bit entropy_estimate(const byte buffer[], u32bit length)
-   {
-   if(length <= 4)
-      return 0;
-
-   u32bit estimate = 0;
-   byte last = 0, last_delta = 0, last_delta2 = 0;
-
-   for(u32bit j = 0; j != length; ++j)
-      {
-      byte delta = last ^ buffer[j];
-      last = buffer[j];
-
-      byte delta2 = delta ^ last_delta;
-      last_delta = delta;
-
-      byte delta3 = delta2 ^ last_delta2;
-      last_delta2 = delta2;
-
-      byte min_delta = delta;
-      if(min_delta > delta2) min_delta = delta2;
-      if(min_delta > delta3) min_delta = delta3;
-
-      estimate += hamming_weight(min_delta);
-      }
-
-   return (estimate / 2);
-   }
-
 }