diff --git a/include/vlc_mtime.h b/include/vlc_mtime.h
index ab89a972120c8ee3f45d9823994eac584f8fe527..311eb670eb7b9f35668196b78c9fa3c5cf1779db 100644
--- a/include/vlc_mtime.h
+++ b/include/vlc_mtime.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Prototypes
  *****************************************************************************/
-VLC_API char * mstrtime( char *psz_buffer, mtime_t date );
 VLC_API char * secstotimestr( char *psz_buffer, int32_t secs );
 
 /*****************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/check_symbols b/src/check_symbols
index 9f8320acc6269eb2dc14902f7eac7c6ff1c3f479..b0ba4e1a579a23256a41cdd9424c179a3a6a798e 100755
--- a/src/check_symbols
+++ b/src/check_symbols
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cat libvlccore.sym | grep -v \
 	-e '^config_' -e '^module_' -e '^var_' \
 	-e '^date_' -e '^sdp_' -e '^plane_' \
 	-e '^us_' -e '^utf8_' -e '^xml_' -e '^str_format_' -e '^GetLang_' \
-	-e '^m[a-z]*$' -e '^[A-Z][a-z]*Charset$' -e 'MD5$' \
+	-e '^m\(date\|sleep\|wait\)$' -e '^[A-Z][a-z]*Charset$' -e 'MD5$' \
 	-e '^NTPtime64$' -e '^secstotimestr$' \
 		&& exit 1
 
diff --git a/src/libvlccore.sym b/src/libvlccore.sym
index e1d6aba49127ee9f867d801018d9662013df67c7..0b93d8b42a70817ed022b597840049971b969172 100644
--- a/src/libvlccore.sym
+++ b/src/libvlccore.sym
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ vlc_vaLog
 vlc_strerror
 vlc_strerror_c
 msleep
-mstrtime
 mwait
 net_Accept
 net_AcceptSingle
diff --git a/src/misc/mtime.c b/src/misc/mtime.c
index ea283f12350be1d157da9289fd9df8e592946a04..10782bc0ceb6681fa0a45bb6d5f97a8bf8ff8c0b 100644
--- a/src/misc/mtime.c
+++ b/src/misc/mtime.c
@@ -46,29 +46,6 @@
 # include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
-/**
- * Return a date in a readable format
- *
- * This function converts a mtime date into a string.
- * psz_buffer should be a buffer long enough to store the formatted
- * date.
- * \param date to be converted
- * \param psz_buffer should be a buffer at least MSTRTIME_MAX_SIZE characters
- * \return psz_buffer is returned so this can be used as printf parameter.
- */
-char *mstrtime( char *psz_buffer, mtime_t date )
-{
-    static const mtime_t ll1000 = 1000, ll60 = 60, ll24 = 24;
-
-    snprintf( psz_buffer, MSTRTIME_MAX_SIZE, "%02d:%02d:%02d-%03d.%03d",
-             (int) (date / (ll1000 * ll1000 * ll60 * ll60) % ll24),
-             (int) (date / (ll1000 * ll1000 * ll60) % ll60),
-             (int) (date / (ll1000 * ll1000) % ll60),
-             (int) (date / ll1000 % ll1000),
-             (int) (date % ll1000) );
-    return( psz_buffer );
-}
-
 /**
  * Convert seconds to a time in the format h:mm:ss.
  *