diff --git a/indra/llcorehttp/_httpoprequest.cpp b/indra/llcorehttp/_httpoprequest.cpp
index b121312ac0d56e235162c6278559162a6f1e2df1..21fe1a613a14aac4cf4d6b5faf4fb1c8433334e8 100755
--- a/indra/llcorehttp/_httpoprequest.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcorehttp/_httpoprequest.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ char * os_strltrim(char * str);
 void os_strlower(char * str);
 
 // Error testing and reporting for libcurl status codes
-void check_curl_easy_code(CURLcode code);
 void check_curl_easy_code(CURLcode code, int curl_setopt_option);
 
 } // end anonymous namespace
@@ -1109,18 +1108,4 @@ void check_curl_easy_code(CURLcode code, int curl_setopt_option)
 	}
 }
 
-
-void check_curl_easy_code(CURLcode code)
-{
-	if (CURLE_OK != code)
-	{
-		// Comment from old llcurl code which may no longer apply:
-		//
-		// linux appears to throw a curl error once per session for a bad initialization
-		// at a pretty random time (when enabling cookies).
-		LL_WARNS("CoreHttp") << "libcurl error detected:  " << curl_easy_strerror(code)
-							 << LL_ENDL;
-	}
-}
-
 }  // end anonymous namespace