diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c
index 0deccdf..1c70593 100644
--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -1827,6 +1827,8 @@
  * Replacement for free() that ignores NULL pointers.
  * Also skip free() when exiting for sure, this helps when we caught a deadly
  * signal that was caused by a crash in free().
+ * If you want to set NULL after calling this function, you should use
+ * VIM_CLEAR() instead.
  */
     void
 vim_free(void *x)
@@ -1840,19 +1842,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-/*
- * Like vim_free(), and also set the pointer to NULL.
- */
-    void
-vim_clear(void **x)
-{
-    if (*x != NULL)
-    {
-	vim_free(*x);
-	*x = NULL;
-    }
-}
-
 #ifndef HAVE_MEMSET
     void *
 vim_memset(void *ptr, int c, size_t size)