diff --git a/src/context.c b/src/context.c
index cfc512b0..de784008 100755
--- a/src/context.c
+++ b/src/context.c
@@ -1691,12 +1691,6 @@ getdns_bindata_destroy(struct mem_funcs *mfs,
     GETDNS_FREE(*mfs, bindata);
 }
 
-/* get the fd */
-int getdns_context_fd(struct getdns_context* context) {
-    RETURN_IF_NULL(context, -1);
-    return ub_fd(context->unbound_ctx);
-}
-
 /* TODO: Remove next_timeout argument from getdns_context_get_num_pending_requests
  */
 void getdns_handle_timeouts(struct getdns_event_base* base, struct timeval* now,
diff --git a/src/getdns/getdns_extra.h b/src/getdns/getdns_extra.h
index 45f89231..1e30d520 100644
--- a/src/getdns/getdns_extra.h
+++ b/src/getdns/getdns_extra.h
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ getdns_return_t getdns_dict_util_set_string(struct getdns_dict * dict,
 getdns_return_t getdns_dict_util_get_string(struct getdns_dict * dict,
     char *name, char **result);
 
-/* get the fd */
-int getdns_context_fd(getdns_context* context);
-
 /* tells underlying unbound to use background threads or fork */
 getdns_return_t getdns_context_set_use_threads(getdns_context* context,
     int use_threads);