diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index d8b1fe92f1..348a7dd6a8 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS = action-globals.h \
 	flow-private.h queue.h source-nfq-prototypes.h \
 	source-windivert-prototypes.h \
 	suricata-common.h threadvars.h tree.h \
-    util-binsearch.h util-validate.h
+    util-validate.h
 bin_PROGRAMS = suricata
 
 suricata_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/src/detect-uricontent.c b/src/detect-uricontent.c
index 8663387832..13080a5988 100644
--- a/src/detect-uricontent.c
+++ b/src/detect-uricontent.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 #include "util-debug.h"
 #include "util-unittest.h"
 #include "util-unittest-helper.h"
-#include "util-binsearch.h"
 #include "util-spm.h"
 #include "conf.h"
 
diff --git a/src/util-binsearch.c b/src/util-binsearch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 596277595f..0000000000
--- a/src/util-binsearch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
- *
- * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
- * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
- * Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA.
- */
-
-/**
- * \file
- *
- * \author Victor Julien <victor@inliniac.net>
- *
- * Binary search utility functions
- *
- * \todo replace this by a better algo
- */
-
-#include "suricata-common.h"
-#include "suricata.h"
-
-void BinSearchInit (void)
-{
-    /* nothing no more */
-}
-
-/* Binary search.
- *
- * Returns:
- *  - ptr to start of the match
- *  - null if no match
- */
-/* simple bin search modelled loosely after strstr */
-uint8_t *
-BinSearch(const uint8_t *haystack, size_t haystack_len,
-          const uint8_t *needle, size_t needle_len)
-{
-    const uint8_t *h, *n;
-    const uint8_t *hmax = haystack + haystack_len;
-    const uint8_t *nmax = needle + (needle_len - 1);
-
-    if (needle_len == 0)
-        return NULL;
-
-    for (n = needle; haystack != hmax; haystack++) {
-        if (*haystack != *n) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        /* one byte needles */
-        if (needle_len == 1)
-            return (uint8_t *)haystack;
-
-        for (h = haystack+1, n++; h != hmax; h++, n++) {
-            //printf("h %c n %c\n", isprint(*h) ? *h : 'X', *n);
-            if (*h != *n) {
-                break;
-            }
-            /* if we run out of needle we fully matched */
-            if (n == nmax) {
-                return (uint8_t *)haystack;
-            }
-        }
-        n = needle;
-    }
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-/* Caseless binary search. More expensive that the one that
- * respects case.
- *
- * Returns:
- *  - ptr to start of the match
- *  - null if no match
- */
-uint8_t *
-BinSearchNocase(const uint8_t *haystack, size_t haystack_len,
-                const uint8_t *needle, size_t needle_len)
-{
-    const uint8_t *h, *n;
-    const uint8_t *hmax = haystack + haystack_len;
-    const uint8_t *nmax = needle + (needle_len - 1);
-
-    if (needle_len == 0)
-        return NULL;
-
-    for (n = needle; haystack != hmax; haystack++) {
-        if (*haystack != *n && *haystack != u8_tolower(*n)) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        for (h = haystack+1, n++; h != hmax; h++, n++) {
-            if (*h != *n && *h != u8_tolower(*n)) {
-                break;
-            }
-            /* if we run out of needle we fully matched */
-            if (n == nmax) {
-                return (uint8_t *)haystack;
-            }
-        }
-        n = needle;
-    }
-    return NULL;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/util-binsearch.h b/src/util-binsearch.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 857e08388b..0000000000
--- a/src/util-binsearch.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
- *
- * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
- * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
- * Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * version 2 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA.
- */
-
-/**
- * \file
- *
- * \author Victor Julien <victor@inliniac.net>
- */
-
-#ifndef __UTIL_BINSEARCH_H__
-#define __UTIL_BINSEARCH_H__
-
-void BinSearchInit (void);
-uint8_t *BinSearch(const uint8_t *, size_t, const uint8_t *, size_t);
-uint8_t *BinSearchNocase(const uint8_t *, size_t, const uint8_t *, size_t);
-
-#endif /* __UTIL_BINSEARCH_H__ */
-