1 files changed, 0 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/Utils.py b/src/mailman/Utils.py
index e10a9fde5..18b7a8b95 100644
--- a/src/mailman/Utils.py
+++ b/src/mailman/Utils.py
@@ -352,58 +352,3 @@ def oneline(s, cset='us-ascii', in_unicode=False):
     except (LookupError, UnicodeError, ValueError, HeaderParseError):
         # possibly charset problem. return with undecoded string in one line.
         return EMPTYSTRING.join(s.splitlines())
-
-
-def strip_verbose_pattern(pattern):
-    # Remove white space and comments from a verbose pattern and return a
-    # non-verbose, equivalent pattern.  Replace CR and NL in the result
-    # with '\\r' and '\\n' respectively to avoid multi-line results.
-    if not isinstance(pattern, str):
-        return pattern
-    newpattern = ''
-    i = 0
-    inclass = False
-    skiptoeol = False
-    copynext = False
-    while i < len(pattern):
-        c = pattern[i]
-        if copynext:
-            if c == NL:
-                newpattern += '\\n'
-            elif c == CR:
-                newpattern += '\\r'
-            else:
-                newpattern += c
-            copynext = False
-        elif skiptoeol:
-            if c == NL:
-                skiptoeol = False
-        elif c == '#' and not inclass:
-            skiptoeol = True
-        elif c == '[' and not inclass:
-            inclass = True
-            newpattern += c
-            copynext = True
-        elif c == ']' and inclass:
-            inclass = False
-            newpattern += c
-        elif re.search('\s', c):
-            if inclass:
-                if c == NL:
-                    newpattern += '\\n'
-                elif c == CR:
-                    newpattern += '\\r'
-                else:
-                    newpattern += c
-        elif c == '\\' and not inclass:
-            newpattern += c
-            copynext = True
-        else:
-            if c == NL:
-                newpattern += '\\n'
-            elif c == CR:
-                newpattern += '\\r'
-            else:
-                newpattern += c
-        i += 1
-    return newpattern