diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 965dd0bf60..94b3178e01 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-10-16  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* remote.c (push_remote_target): Delete.
+	* target.h (push_remote_target): Delete declaration.
+
 2008-10-15  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* remote.c (remote_close): Unregister remote_desc from the event
diff --git a/gdb/remote.c b/gdb/remote.c
index 5d52cd7e7f..9a473f2f3e 100644
--- a/gdb/remote.c
+++ b/gdb/remote.c
@@ -5995,23 +5995,6 @@ remote_remove_hw_breakpoint (struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
 		  _("remote_remove_hw_breakpoint: reached end of function"));
 }
 
-/* Some targets are only capable of doing downloads, and afterwards
-   they switch to the remote serial protocol.  This function provides
-   a clean way to get from the download target to the remote target.
-   It's basically just a wrapper so that we don't have to expose any
-   of the internal workings of remote.c.
-
-   Prior to calling this routine, you should shutdown the current
-   target code, else you will get the "A program is being debugged
-   already..." message.  Usually a call to pop_target() suffices.  */
-
-void
-push_remote_target (char *name, int from_tty)
-{
-  printf_filtered (_("Switching to remote protocol\n"));
-  remote_open (name, from_tty);
-}
-
 /* Table used by the crc32 function to calcuate the checksum.  */
 
 static unsigned long crc32_table[256] =
diff --git a/gdb/target.h b/gdb/target.h
index 067c031d8c..e3537c4cd5 100644
--- a/gdb/target.h
+++ b/gdb/target.h
@@ -1301,9 +1301,6 @@ extern int default_target_signal_to_host (struct gdbarch *,
 /* Convert from a number used in a GDB command to an enum target_signal.  */
 extern enum target_signal target_signal_from_command (int);
 
-/* Any target can call this to switch to remote protocol (in remote.c). */
-extern void push_remote_target (char *name, int from_tty);
-
 /* Set the show memory breakpoints mode to show, and installs a cleanup
    to restore it back to the current value.  */
 extern struct cleanup *make_show_memory_breakpoints_cleanup (int show);