diff --git a/include/vlc/libvlc_media_player.h b/include/vlc/libvlc_media_player.h
index 10e302529d76d1fab5bb8fc97b54fd4d600e3f55..d04b57f01e99da7c0ef66828b779e6e96bf98d47 100644
--- a/include/vlc/libvlc_media_player.h
+++ b/include/vlc/libvlc_media_player.h
@@ -1763,15 +1763,6 @@ LIBVLC_API void libvlc_video_set_deinterlace( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi,
 LIBVLC_API int libvlc_video_get_marquee_int( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi,
                                                  unsigned option );
 
-/**
- * Get a string marquee option value
- *
- * \param p_mi libvlc media player
- * \param option marq option to get \see libvlc_video_marquee_string_option_t
- */
-LIBVLC_API char *libvlc_video_get_marquee_string( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi,
-                                                      unsigned option );
-
 /**
  * Enable, disable or set an integer marquee option
  *
diff --git a/lib/libvlc.sym b/lib/libvlc.sym
index 67b8efcba0afc993f9e7a8e33c908c49cd54272c..01d3c8f72ce0eed1e543e4ff4f273864b3ca2b34 100644
--- a/lib/libvlc.sym
+++ b/lib/libvlc.sym
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ libvlc_video_get_size
 libvlc_video_get_cursor
 libvlc_video_get_logo_int
 libvlc_video_get_marquee_int
-libvlc_video_get_marquee_string
 libvlc_video_get_scale
 libvlc_video_get_spu
 libvlc_video_get_spu_count
diff --git a/lib/video.c b/lib/video.c
index a318df0098f2eba22db44c973b63af2884027e64..b3c36b1cbcbc8143f82799cbc8a32a18064eb09c 100644
--- a/lib/video.c
+++ b/lib/video.c
@@ -774,15 +774,6 @@ int libvlc_video_get_marquee_int( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi,
     return get_int( p_mi, "marq", marq_option_bynumber(option) );
 }
 
-/*****************************************************************************
- * libvlc_video_get_marquee_string : get a marq option value
- *****************************************************************************/
-char * libvlc_video_get_marquee_string( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi,
-                                        unsigned option )
-{
-    return get_string( p_mi, "marq", marq_option_bynumber(option) );
-}
-
 /*****************************************************************************
  * libvlc_video_set_marquee_int: enable, disable or set an int option
  *****************************************************************************/