diff --git a/include/xbps_api.h b/include/xbps_api.h
index 9f981d30..22242b73 100644
--- a/include/xbps_api.h
+++ b/include/xbps_api.h
@@ -1313,16 +1313,6 @@ char *xbps_pkg_name(const char *pkg);
  */
 char *xbps_pkgpattern_name(const char *pattern);
 
-/**
- * Gets the package epoch version in a package string, i.e <b>foo-2.0:epoch</b>.
- *
- * @param[in] pkg Package string.
- * 
- * @return A string with the epoch version string, NULL if it couldn't find
- * the epoch component.
- */
-const char *xbps_pkg_epoch(const char *pkg);
-
 /**
  * Gets the package version in a package string, i.e <b>foo-2.0</b>.
  * 
diff --git a/lib/util.c b/lib/util.c
index 014460fa..5d8ae686 100644
--- a/lib/util.c
+++ b/lib/util.c
@@ -245,20 +245,6 @@ xbps_check_is_installed_pkg_by_name(const char *pkgname)
 	return false;
 }
 
-const char *
-xbps_pkg_epoch(const char *pkg)
-{
-	const char *tmp;
-
-	assert(pkg != NULL);
-
-	tmp = strrchr(pkg, ':');
-	if (tmp == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return tmp + 1; /* skip first ':' */
-}
-
 const char *
 xbps_pkg_version(const char *pkg)
 {