diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_pool.c b/sys/kern/subr_pool.c
index a7adbbbe8506..ad45dbaad6b1 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_pool.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_pool.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: subr_pool.c,v 1.71 2002/03/09 01:37:19 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: subr_pool.c,v 1.72 2002/03/09 01:56:27 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1997, 1999, 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: subr_pool.c,v 1.71 2002/03/09 01:37:19 thorpej Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: subr_pool.c,v 1.72 2002/03/09 01:56:27 thorpej Exp $");
 
 #include "opt_pool.h"
 #include "opt_poollog.h"
@@ -1040,46 +1040,6 @@ pool_put(struct pool *pp, void *v)
 #define		pool_put(h, v)	_pool_put((h), (v), __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Add N items to the pool.
- */
-int
-pool_prime(struct pool *pp, int n)
-{
-	struct pool_item_header *ph;
-	caddr_t cp;
-	int newpages, error = 0;
-
-	simple_lock(&pp->pr_slock);
-
-	newpages = roundup(n, pp->pr_itemsperpage) / pp->pr_itemsperpage;
-
-	while (newpages-- > 0) {
-		simple_unlock(&pp->pr_slock);
-		cp = pool_allocator_alloc(pp, PR_NOWAIT);
-		if (__predict_true(cp != NULL))
-			ph = pool_alloc_item_header(pp, cp, PR_NOWAIT);
-		simple_lock(&pp->pr_slock);
-
-		if (__predict_false(cp == NULL || ph == NULL)) {
-			error = ENOMEM;
-			if (cp != NULL)
-				pool_allocator_free(pp, cp);
-			break;
-		}
-
-		pool_prime_page(pp, cp, ph);
-		pp->pr_npagealloc++;
-		pp->pr_minpages++;
-	}
-
-	if (pp->pr_minpages >= pp->pr_maxpages)
-		pp->pr_maxpages = pp->pr_minpages + 1;	/* XXX */
-
-	simple_unlock(&pp->pr_slock);
-	return (0);
-}
-
 /*
  * Add a page worth of items to the pool.
  *
diff --git a/sys/sys/pool.h b/sys/sys/pool.h
index d684e7c94988..35f7e2aa60f0 100644
--- a/sys/sys/pool.h
+++ b/sys/sys/pool.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: pool.h,v 1.32 2002/03/09 01:33:33 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: pool.h,v 1.33 2002/03/09 01:56:27 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ void		_pool_reclaim(struct pool *, const char *, long);
 #define		pool_reclaim(h)	_pool_reclaim((h), __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #endif /* POOL_DIAGNOSTIC */
 
-int		pool_prime(struct pool *, int);
 void		pool_setlowat(struct pool *, int);
 void		pool_sethiwat(struct pool *, int);
 void		pool_sethardlimit(struct pool *, int, const char *, int);