diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index 78d769cdb2..cd78ef279c 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -575,11 +575,6 @@ OpenLayers.Util.createDiv = function(id, px, sz, overflow, img, position) {
     return dom;
 };
 
-
-OpenLayers.Util.ImageHTML=function(img,sz,alt){
-    return "<img src='" + img + "' padding='0' border='0' alt='" + alt + "' width=" + sz.w + "px height=" + sz.h + "px/>";
-};
-
 /** 
 * @param {str} img - src URL 
 * @param {OpenLayers.Size} sz