diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 73edf1c6..fe7157b9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ CVS code -
 	  right place.
   edit_refresh()
 	- Remove apparently unneeded leaveok() calls. (David Benbennick)
+  edit_refresh_clearok()
+	- Removed, as it's now unnecessary. (David Benbennick)
   statusbar()
 	- Call reset_cursor() just before refreshing the edit window, so
 	  that slang and other non-ncurses versions of curses will
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index 9e4e74f4..a87b3a13 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ void update_line(const filestruct *fileptr, size_t index);
 void update_cursor(void);
 void center_cursor(void);
 void edit_refresh(void);
-void edit_refresh_clearok(void);
 void edit_update(filestruct *fileptr, topmidnone location);
 int statusq(int allowtabs, const shortcut *s, const char *def,
 #ifndef NANO_SMALL
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 6b2cc781..fdbace52 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2266,15 +2266,6 @@ void edit_refresh(void)
     }
 }
 
-/* Same as above, but touch the window first, so everything is
- * redrawn. */
-void edit_refresh_clearok(void)
-{
-    clearok(edit, TRUE);
-    edit_refresh();
-    clearok(edit, FALSE);
-}
-
 /* Nice generic routine to update the edit buffer, given a pointer to the
  * file struct =) */
 void edit_update(filestruct *fileptr, topmidnone location)