diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index 987cd8982..4fe53e9a1 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -569,28 +569,6 @@ bool noVerticalSpace (const std::string& input)
   return true;
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//          Input: hello, world
-// Result for pos: ....y......y
-bool isWordEnd (const std::string& input, std::string::size_type pos)
-{
-  // Short circuit: no input means no word end.
-  if (input.length () == 0)
-    return false;
-
-  // If pos is the last alphanumeric character of the string.
-  if (pos == input.length () - 1 && ! Lexer::is_ws (input[pos]) && !isPunctuation (input[pos]))
-    return true;
-
-  // If pos is not the last alphanumeric character, but there is a following
-  // non-alphanumeric character.
-  if (pos < input.length () - 1 && ! Lexer::is_ws (input[pos]) && !isPunctuation (input[pos])
-                                && ( Lexer::is_ws (input[pos + 1]) || isPunctuation (input[pos + 1])))
-    return true;
-
-  return false;
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Override of ispunct, that considers #, $ and @ not to be punctuation.
 //
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index 5a113063d..e2a22fda0 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ bool nontrivial (const std::string&);
 bool digitsOnly (const std::string&);
 bool noSpaces (const std::string&);
 bool noVerticalSpace (const std::string&);
-bool isWordEnd (const std::string&, std::string::size_type);
 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 e52e032d2..40d6ba1a9 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 (242);
+  UnitTest t (227);
 
   // Ensure environment has no influence.
   unsetenv ("TASKDATA");
@@ -324,27 +324,6 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
   t.notok (noVerticalSpace ("a\rb"),              "noVerticalSpace 'a\\rb' -> false");
   t.notok (noVerticalSpace ("a\fb"),              "noVerticalSpace 'a\\fb' -> false");
 
-  text = "Hello, world.";
-  //      0123456789012
-  //      s   e  s   e
-
-  // bool isWordEnd (const std::string&, std::string::size_type);
-  t.notok (isWordEnd ("", 0),                     "isWordEnd (\"\", 0) -> false");
-  t.ok    (isWordEnd ("foo", 2),                  "isWordEnd (\"foo\", 2) -> true");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 0),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 0) -> false");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 1),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 1) -> false");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 2),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 2) -> false");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 3),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 3) -> false");
-  t.ok    (isWordEnd (text, 4),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 4) -> true");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 5),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 5) -> false");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 6),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 6) -> false");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 7),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 7) -> false");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 8),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 8) -> false");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 9),                   "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 9) -> false");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 10),                  "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 10) -> false");
-  t.ok    (isWordEnd (text, 11),                  "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 11) -> true");
-  t.notok (isWordEnd (text, 12),                  "isWordEnd (\"Hello, world.\", 12) -> false");
-
   // bool compare (const std::string&, const std::string&, bool caseless = false);
   // Make sure degenerate cases are handled.
   t.ok    (compare ("", ""),    "'' == ''");