diff --git a/src/logging.h b/src/logging.h
index a6fa7118..950fd40e 100644
--- a/src/logging.h
+++ b/src/logging.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class obj_create_error : public std::runtime_error {
 };
 
 void clean_up(void *memtofree1, void *memtofree2);
-void clean_up_without_threads(void *memtofree1, void *memtofree2);
 
 template <typename... Args>
 inline void gettextize_format(const char *format, Args &&...args) {
@@ -89,14 +88,6 @@ inline void CRIT_ERR(void *memtofree1, void *memtofree2, const char *format,
   exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
-template <typename... Args>
-inline void THREAD_CRIT_ERR(void *memtofree1, void *memtofree2,
-                            const char *format, Args &&...args) {
-  NORM_ERR(format, args...);
-  clean_up_without_threads(memtofree1, memtofree2);
-  return;
-}
-
 namespace conky {
 class error : public std::runtime_error {
  public: