diff --git a/fcst/ft_cmd.c b/fcst/ft_cmd.c
index 31cac8a43..92eb069e3 100644
--- a/fcst/ft_cmd.c
+++ b/fcst/ft_cmd.c
@@ -20,17 +20,6 @@
 #include <scsi/fc_encode.h>
 #include "fcst.h"
 
-/*
- * Append string to buffer safely.
- * Also prepends a space if there's already something the buf.
- */
-static void ft_cmd_flag(char *buf, size_t len, const char *desc)
-{
-	if (buf[0])
-		strlcat(buf, " ", len);
-	strlcat(buf, desc, len);
-}
-
 /*
  * ft_set_cmd_state() - set the state of a command
  */