--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtutil.C	2009/09/04 15:40:13	1.10
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtutil.C	2011/01/03 03:05:47	1.11
@@ -26,25 +26,6 @@
 
 #include "rxvtutil.h"
 
-class byteorder byteorder;
-
-unsigned int byteorder::e;
-
-byteorder::byteorder ()
-{
-  union {
-    uint32_t u;
-    uint8_t b[4];
-  } w;
-
-  w.b[0] = 0x11;
-  w.b[1] = 0x22;
-  w.b[2] = 0x33;
-  w.b[3] = 0x44;
-
-  e = w.u;
-}
-
 #if !HAVE_GCC_BUILTINS
 int rxvt_ctz (unsigned int x) CONST
 {