diff --git a/include/libi3.h b/include/libi3.h
index e693c3ad..7945134c 100644
--- a/include/libi3.h
+++ b/include/libi3.h
@@ -451,13 +451,6 @@ bool font_is_pango(void);
 void draw_text(i3String *text, xcb_drawable_t drawable, xcb_gcontext_t gc,
                xcb_visualtype_t *visual, int x, int y, int max_width);
 
-/**
- * ASCII version of draw_text to print static strings.
- *
- */
-void draw_text_ascii(const char *text, xcb_drawable_t drawable,
-                     xcb_gcontext_t gc, int x, int y, int max_width);
-
 /**
  * Predict the text width in pixels for the given text. Text must be
  * specified as an i3String.
diff --git a/libi3/font.c b/libi3/font.c
index 5ed58b8d..26e90e44 100644
--- a/libi3/font.c
+++ b/libi3/font.c
@@ -380,41 +380,6 @@ void draw_text(i3String *text, xcb_drawable_t drawable, xcb_gcontext_t gc,
     }
 }
 
-/*
- * ASCII version of draw_text to print static strings.
- *
- */
-void draw_text_ascii(const char *text, xcb_drawable_t drawable,
-                     xcb_gcontext_t gc, int x, int y, int max_width) {
-    assert(savedFont != NULL);
-
-    switch (savedFont->type) {
-        case FONT_TYPE_NONE:
-            /* Nothing to do */
-            return;
-        case FONT_TYPE_XCB: {
-            size_t text_len = strlen(text);
-            if (text_len > 255) {
-                /* The text is too long to draw it directly to X */
-                i3String *str = i3string_from_utf8(text);
-                draw_text(str, drawable, gc, NULL, x, y, max_width);
-                i3string_free(str);
-            } else {
-                /* X11 coordinates for fonts start at the baseline */
-                int pos_y = y + savedFont->specific.xcb.info->font_ascent;
-
-                xcb_image_text_8(conn, text_len, drawable, gc, x, pos_y, text);
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-        case FONT_TYPE_PANGO:
-            /* Render the text using Pango */
-            draw_text_pango(text, strlen(text),
-                            drawable, root_visual_type, x, y, max_width, false);
-            return;
-    }
-}
-
 static int xcb_query_text_width(const xcb_char2b_t *text, size_t text_len) {
     /* Make the user know we’re using the slow path, but only once. */
     static bool first_invocation = true;