1 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 2f1f522a61..f4892a2387 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1468,15 +1468,3 @@ void RenameThread(const char* name)
     (void)name;
 #endif
 }
-
-bool NewThread(void(*pfn)(void*), void* parg)
-{
-    try
-    {
-        boost::thread(pfn, parg); // thread detaches when out of scope
-    } catch(boost::thread_resource_error &e) {
-        printf("Error creating thread: %s\n", e.what());
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}