diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.c b/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.c
index c4c31b61..5ad9bdd8 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.c
@@ -1548,11 +1548,6 @@ int SynthOnTimer()
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SynthStatus()
-{
-	return timer_on;
-}
-
 int SpeakNextClause(FILE *f_in, const void *text_in, int control)
 {
 	// Speak text from file (f_in) or memory (text_in)
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.h b/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.h
index f28108db..feb47162 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.h
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ int  Generate(PHONEME_LIST *phoneme_list, int *n_ph, int resume);
 void MakeWave2(PHONEME_LIST *p, int n_ph);
 int  SynthOnTimer(void);
 int  SpeakNextClause(FILE *f_text, const void *text_in, int control);
-int  SynthStatus(void);
 void SetSpeed(int control);
 void SetEmbedded(int control, int value);
 void SelectPhonemeTable(int number);