diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index 4fe53e9a1..581e55051 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -560,15 +560,6 @@ bool noSpaces (const std::string& input)
   return true;
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-bool noVerticalSpace (const std::string& input)
-{
-  if (input.find_first_of ("\n\r\f") != std::string::npos)
-    return false;
-
-  return true;
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Override of ispunct, that considers #, $ and @ not to be punctuation.
 //
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index e2a22fda0..70003ee33 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ void guess (const std::string&, std::vector<std::string>&, std::string&);
 bool nontrivial (const std::string&);
 bool digitsOnly (const std::string&);
 bool noSpaces (const std::string&);
-bool noVerticalSpace (const std::string&);
 bool isPunctuation (char);
 std::string visible (char);
 bool compare (const std::string&, const std::string&, bool sensitive = true);
diff --git a/test/text.t.cpp b/test/text.t.cpp
index 40d6ba1a9..192183bd5 100644
--- a/test/text.t.cpp
+++ b/test/text.t.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Context context;
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main (int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  UnitTest t (227);
+  UnitTest t (221);
 
   // Ensure environment has no influence.
   unsetenv ("TASKDATA");
@@ -316,14 +316,6 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
   t.notok (noSpaces (" "),                        "noSpaces ' ' -> false");
   t.notok (noSpaces ("ab cd"),                    "noSpaces 'ab cd' -> false");
 
-  // bool noVerticalSpace (const std::string&);
-  t.ok    (noVerticalSpace (""),                  "noVerticalSpace '' -> true");
-  t.ok    (noVerticalSpace ("a"),                 "noVerticalSpace 'a' -> true");
-  t.ok    (noVerticalSpace ("abc"),               "noVerticalSpace 'abc' -> true");
-  t.notok (noVerticalSpace ("a\nb"),              "noVerticalSpace 'a\\nb' -> false");
-  t.notok (noVerticalSpace ("a\rb"),              "noVerticalSpace 'a\\rb' -> false");
-  t.notok (noVerticalSpace ("a\fb"),              "noVerticalSpace 'a\\fb' -> false");
-
   // bool compare (const std::string&, const std::string&, bool caseless = false);
   // Make sure degenerate cases are handled.
   t.ok    (compare ("", ""),    "'' == ''");