diff --git a/src/lib/arch/IArchFile.h b/src/lib/arch/IArchFile.h
index bea99f68d..f9ca59976 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/IArchFile.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/IArchFile.h
@@ -32,13 +32,4 @@ public:
   Returns the directory in which Deskflow is installed.
   */
   virtual std::string getInstalledDirectory() = 0;
-
-  //! Concatenate path components
-  /*!
-  Concatenate pathname components with a directory separator
-  between them.  This should not check if the resulting path
-  is longer than allowed by the system;  we'll rely on the
-  system calls to tell us that.
-  */
-  virtual std::string concatPath(const std::string &prefix, const std::string &suffix) = 0;
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchFileUnix.cpp b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchFileUnix.cpp
index ddb4cff27..e744815b2 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchFileUnix.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchFileUnix.cpp
@@ -53,15 +53,3 @@ std::string ArchFileUnix::getInstalledDirectory()
   return rtn;
 #endif
 }
-
-std::string ArchFileUnix::concatPath(const std::string &prefix, const std::string &suffix)
-{
-  std::string path;
-  path.reserve(prefix.size() + 1 + suffix.size());
-  path += prefix;
-  if (path.size() == 0 || path[path.size() - 1] != '/') {
-    path += '/';
-  }
-  path += suffix;
-  return path;
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchFileUnix.h b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchFileUnix.h
index 17499e114..fcde1b8a2 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchFileUnix.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchFileUnix.h
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ public:
   // IArchFile overrides
   virtual const char *getBasename(const char *pathname);
   virtual std::string getInstalledDirectory();
-  virtual std::string concatPath(const std::string &prefix, const std::string &suffix);
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchFileWindows.cpp b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchFileWindows.cpp
index 37f4c4a9c..0301152ad 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchFileWindows.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchFileWindows.cpp
@@ -60,15 +60,3 @@ std::string ArchFileWindows::getInstalledDirectory()
 
   return fileName;
 }
-
-std::string ArchFileWindows::concatPath(const std::string &prefix, const std::string &suffix)
-{
-  std::string path;
-  path.reserve(prefix.size() + 1 + suffix.size());
-  path += prefix;
-  if (path.size() == 0 || (path[path.size() - 1] != '\\' && path[path.size() - 1] != '/')) {
-    path += '\\';
-  }
-  path += suffix;
-  return path;
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchFileWindows.h b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchFileWindows.h
index 5c233196b..c8d0d5ea3 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchFileWindows.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchFileWindows.h
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ public:
   // IArchFile overrides
   virtual const char *getBasename(const char *pathname);
   virtual std::string getInstalledDirectory();
-  virtual std::string concatPath(const std::string &prefix, const std::string &suffix);
 };