diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index c97a7f1e2dc..4f10d929e70 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -1106,7 +1106,6 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, oct, ())
 
     def write_testfile(self):
-        # NB the first 4 lines are also used to test input, below
         fp = open(TESTFN, 'w')
         try:
             fp.write('1+1\n')
@@ -1265,36 +1264,6 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, range, -sys.maxint, sys.maxint)
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, range, 0, 2*sys.maxint)
 
-    def test_input(self):
-        self.write_testfile()
-        fp = open(TESTFN, 'r')
-        savestdin = sys.stdin
-        savestdout = sys.stdout # Eats the echo
-        try:
-            sys.stdin = fp
-            sys.stdout = BitBucket()
-            self.assertEqual(input(), '1+1')
-            self.assertEqual(input('testing\n'), '1+1')
-            self.assertEqual(input(), 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.')
-            self.assertEqual(input('testing\n'), 'Dear John')
-            sys.stdin = cStringIO.StringIO("NULL\0")
-            self.assertRaises(TypeError, input, 42, 42)
-            whitespace = "    'whitespace'"
-            sys.stdin = cStringIO.StringIO(whitespace)
-            self.assertEqual(input(), whitespace)
-            sys.stdin = cStringIO.StringIO()
-            self.assertRaises(EOFError, input)
-
-            del sys.stdout
-            self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, input, 'prompt')
-            del sys.stdin
-            self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, input, 'prompt')
-        finally:
-            sys.stdin = savestdin
-            sys.stdout = savestdout
-            fp.close()
-            unlink(TESTFN)
-
     def test_reduce(self):
         self.assertEqual(reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, ['a', 'b', 'c'], ''), 'abc')
         self.assertEqual(
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index a5dc0e34aac..4c168eb147c 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1073,91 +1073,6 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(hex_doc,
 Return the hexadecimal representation of an integer or long integer.");
 
 
-static PyObject *
-builtin_input(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	PyObject *v = NULL;
-	PyObject *fin = PySys_GetObject("stdin");
-	PyObject *fout = PySys_GetObject("stdout");
-
-	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "input", 0, 1, &v))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (fin == NULL) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "input: lost sys.stdin");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	if (fout == NULL) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "input: lost sys.stdout");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	if (PyFile_SoftSpace(fout, 0)) {
-		if (PyFile_WriteString(" ", fout) != 0)
-			return NULL;
-	}
-	if (PyFile_Check(fin) && PyFile_Check(fout)
-            && isatty(fileno(PyFile_AsFile(fin)))
-            && isatty(fileno(PyFile_AsFile(fout)))) {
-		PyObject *po;
-		char *prompt;
-		char *s;
-		PyObject *result;
-		if (v != NULL) {
-			po = PyObject_Str(v);
-			if (po == NULL)
-				return NULL;
-			prompt = PyString_AsString(po);
-			if (prompt == NULL)
-				return NULL;
-		}
-		else {
-			po = NULL;
-			prompt = "";
-		}
-		s = PyOS_Readline(PyFile_AsFile(fin), PyFile_AsFile(fout),
-                                  prompt);
-		Py_XDECREF(po);
-		if (s == NULL) {
-			if (!PyErr_Occurred())
-				PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		if (*s == '\0') {
-			PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_EOFError);
-			result = NULL;
-		}
-		else { /* strip trailing '\n' */
-			size_t len = strlen(s);
-			if (len > INT_MAX) {
-				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-						"[raw_]input: input too long");
-				result = NULL;
-			}
-			else {
-				result = PyString_FromStringAndSize(s,
-								(int)(len-1));
-			}
-		}
-		PyMem_FREE(s);
-		return result;
-	}
-	if (v != NULL) {
-		if (PyFile_WriteObject(v, fout, Py_PRINT_RAW) != 0)
-			return NULL;
-	}
-	return PyFile_GetLine(fin, -1);
-}
-
-PyDoc_STRVAR(input_doc,
-"input([prompt]) -> string\n\
-\n\
-Read a string from standard input.  The trailing newline is stripped.\n\
-If the user hits EOF (Unix: Ctl-D, Windows: Ctl-Z+Return), raise EOFError.\n\
-On Unix, GNU readline is used if enabled.  The prompt string, if given,\n\
-is printed without a trailing newline before reading.");
-
-
-
 static PyObject *
 builtin_intern(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
@@ -2193,7 +2108,6 @@ static PyMethodDef builtin_methods[] = {
  	{"hash",	builtin_hash,       METH_O, hash_doc},
  	{"hex",		builtin_hex,        METH_O, hex_doc},
  	{"id",		builtin_id,         METH_O, id_doc},
- 	{"input",	builtin_input,      METH_VARARGS, input_doc},
  	{"intern",	builtin_intern,     METH_VARARGS, intern_doc},
  	{"isinstance",  builtin_isinstance, METH_VARARGS, isinstance_doc},
  	{"issubclass",  builtin_issubclass, METH_VARARGS, issubclass_doc},