diff --git a/dlls/winhttp/net.c b/dlls/winhttp/net.c
index 631939ab93..bc835424f9 100644
--- a/dlls/winhttp/net.c
+++ b/dlls/winhttp/net.c
@@ -734,81 +734,6 @@ BOOL netconn_query_data_available( netconn_t *conn, DWORD *available )
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-BOOL netconn_get_next_line( netconn_t *conn, char *buffer, DWORD *buflen )
-{
-    struct pollfd pfd;
-    BOOL ret = FALSE;
-    DWORD recvd = 0;
-
-    if (!netconn_connected( conn )) return FALSE;
-
-    if (conn->secure)
-    {
-        while (recvd < *buflen)
-        {
-            int dummy;
-            if (!netconn_recv( conn, &buffer[recvd], 1, 0, &dummy ))
-            {
-                set_last_error( ERROR_CONNECTION_ABORTED );
-                break;
-            }
-            if (buffer[recvd] == '\n')
-            {
-                ret = TRUE;
-                break;
-            }
-            if (buffer[recvd] != '\r') recvd++;
-        }
-        if (ret)
-        {
-            buffer[recvd++] = 0;
-            *buflen = recvd;
-            TRACE("received line %s\n", debugstr_a(buffer));
-        }
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    pfd.fd = conn->socket;
-    pfd.events = POLLIN;
-    while (recvd < *buflen)
-    {
-        int timeout, res;
-        struct timeval tv;
-        socklen_t len = sizeof(tv);
-
-        if ((res = getsockopt( conn->socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (void*)&tv, &len ) != -1))
-            timeout = tv.tv_sec * 1000 + tv.tv_usec / 1000;
-        else
-            timeout = -1;
-        if (poll( &pfd, 1, timeout ) > 0)
-        {
-            if ((res = recv( conn->socket, &buffer[recvd], 1, 0 )) <= 0)
-            {
-                if (res == -1) set_last_error( sock_get_error( errno ) );
-                break;
-            }
-            if (buffer[recvd] == '\n')
-            {
-                ret = TRUE;
-                break;
-            }
-            if (buffer[recvd] != '\r') recvd++;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            set_last_error( ERROR_WINHTTP_TIMEOUT );
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    if (ret)
-    {
-        buffer[recvd++] = 0;
-        *buflen = recvd;
-        TRACE("received line %s\n", debugstr_a(buffer));
-    }
-    return ret;
-}
-
 DWORD netconn_set_timeout( netconn_t *netconn, BOOL send, int value )
 {
     struct timeval tv;
diff --git a/dlls/winhttp/winhttp_private.h b/dlls/winhttp/winhttp_private.h
index b19aadfec1..82b4582210 100644
--- a/dlls/winhttp/winhttp_private.h
+++ b/dlls/winhttp/winhttp_private.h
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ BOOL netconn_close( netconn_t * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL netconn_connect( netconn_t *, const struct sockaddr *, unsigned int, int ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL netconn_connected( netconn_t * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL netconn_create( netconn_t *, int, int, int ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
-BOOL netconn_get_next_line( netconn_t *, char *, DWORD * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL netconn_init( netconn_t * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void netconn_unload( void ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL netconn_query_data_available( netconn_t *, DWORD * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;