diff --git a/Include/pyerrors.h b/Include/pyerrors.h
index 756c4b2fcec..bd44e02967e 100644
--- a/Include/pyerrors.h
+++ b/Include/pyerrors.h
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeTranslateError_Create(
 /* get the encoding attribute */
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetEncoding(PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeDecodeError_GetEncoding(PyObject *);
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeTranslateError_GetEncoding(PyObject *);
 
 /* get the object attribute */
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetObject(PyObject *);
diff --git a/Python/exceptions.c b/Python/exceptions.c
index 47a4e4d09cf..24ea25ddee0 100644
--- a/Python/exceptions.c
+++ b/Python/exceptions.c
@@ -931,11 +931,6 @@ PyObject * PyUnicodeDecodeError_GetEncoding(PyObject *exc)
     return get_string(exc, "encoding");
 }
 
-PyObject * PyUnicodeTranslateError_GetEncoding(PyObject *exc)
-{
-    return get_string(exc, "encoding");
-}
-
 PyObject *PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetObject(PyObject *exc)
 {
     return get_unicode(exc, "object");