diff --git a/gnu/lib/libg++/libg++/src/chr.cc b/gnu/lib/libg++/libg++/src/chr.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c112d8217f1..000000000000
--- a/gnu/lib/libg++/libg++/src/chr.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/* 
-Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation
-    written by Doug Lea (dl@rocky.oswego.edu)
-
-This file is part of the GNU C++ Library.  This library is free
-software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
-the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free
-Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
-option) any later version.  This library is distributed in the hope
-that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
-implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-PURPOSE.  See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-*/
-
-#ifdef __GNUG__
-#pragma implementation
-#endif
-#include <builtin.h>
-#include <AllocRing.h>
-
-extern AllocRing _libgxx_fmtq;
-
-char* chr(char ch, int width)
-{
-  int len = 1;
-  int wrksiz = len + width + 1;
-  char* fmtbase = (char *) _libgxx_fmtq.alloc(wrksiz);
-  char* fmt = fmtbase;
-  for (int blanks = width - len; blanks > 0; --blanks)
-   *fmt++ = ' ';
-  *fmt++ = ch;
-  *fmt = 0;
-  return fmtbase;
-}
diff --git a/gnu/lib/libg++/libg++/src/str.cc b/gnu/lib/libg++/libg++/src/str.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index bd8bc8a28d12..000000000000
--- a/gnu/lib/libg++/libg++/src/str.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/* 
-Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation
-    written by Doug Lea (dl@rocky.oswego.edu)
-
-This file is part of the GNU C++ Library.  This library is free
-software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
-the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free
-Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
-option) any later version.  This library is distributed in the hope
-that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
-implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-PURPOSE.  See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-*/
-
-#ifdef __GNUG__
-#pragma implementation
-#endif
-#include <builtin.h>
-#include <AllocRing.h>
-
-extern AllocRing _libgxx_fmtq;
-
-char* str(const char* s, int width)
-{
-  int len = strlen(s);
-  int wrksiz = len + width + 1;
-  char* fmtbase = (char *) _libgxx_fmtq.alloc(wrksiz);
-  char* fmt = fmtbase;
-  for (int blanks = width - len; blanks > 0; --blanks)
-   *fmt++ = ' ';
-  while (*s != 0) 
-    *fmt++ = *s++;
-  *fmt = 0;
-  return fmtbase;
-}