diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index 2e9b6ded847..761557fd349 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -323,36 +323,6 @@ WaitForMainloop(TkappObject* self)
 #endif /* WITH_THREAD */
 
 
-static char *
-AsString(PyObject *value, PyObject *tmp)
-{
-    if (PyBytes_Check(value))
-        return PyBytes_AsString(value);
-    else if (PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
-        PyObject *v = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(value);
-        if (v == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        if (PyList_Append(tmp, v) != 0) {
-            Py_DECREF(v);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        Py_DECREF(v);
-        return PyBytes_AsString(v);
-    }
-    else {
-        PyObject *v = PyObject_Str(value);
-        if (v == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        if (PyList_Append(tmp, v) != 0) {
-            Py_DECREF(v);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        Py_DECREF(v);
-        return PyBytes_AsString(v);
-    }
-}
-
-
 
 #define ARGSZ 64