diff --git a/nse_init.cc b/nse_init.cc
index 68dd4af03..49cb863a3 100644
--- a/nse_init.cc
+++ b/nse_init.cc
@@ -26,30 +26,6 @@ extern NmapOps o;
 extern int current_hosts;
 extern int errfunc;
 
-void stack_dump(lua_State *L) {
-  int i;
-  int top = lua_gettop(L);
-  for (i = 1; i <= top; i++) {
-    int t = lua_type(L, i);
-    switch (t) {
-      case LUA_TSTRING:
-        printf("\"%s\"", lua_tostring(L, i));
-        break;
-      case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
-        printf("%s", lua_toboolean(L, i) ? "true" : "false");
-        break;
-      case LUA_TNUMBER:
-        printf("%g", lua_tonumber(L, i));
-        break;
-      default:
-        printf("<%s>", lua_typename(L, t));
-        break;
-    }
-    printf("  ");
-  }
-  printf("\n");
-}
-
 /* int error_function (lua_State *L)
  *
  * Arguments: