diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 39a9251359..dd332b8945 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Oct 17 00:16:08 2008  Yusuke Endoh  <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
+
+	* io.c (rb_getc, rb_io_fread, rb_io_fwrite, rb_read_pending):
+	  remove deprecated functions which do not work.  [ruby-dev:36697]
+
 Thu Oct 16 23:48:34 2008  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 
 	* common.mk (TESTS): removed to re-enable test for minitest.
diff --git a/include/ruby/io.h b/include/ruby/io.h
index 5a8687ab69..d406b32264 100644
--- a/include/ruby/io.h
+++ b/include/ruby/io.h
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ void rb_io_read_check(rb_io_t*);
 int rb_io_read_pending(rb_io_t*);
 void rb_read_check(FILE*);
 
-DEPRECATED(int rb_getc(FILE*));
-DEPRECATED(long rb_io_fread(char *, long, FILE *));
-DEPRECATED(long rb_io_fwrite(const char *, long, FILE *));
-DEPRECATED(int rb_read_pending(FILE*));
-
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 #if 0
 { /* satisfy cc-mode */
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 11319ea26d..89d8e7fc6f 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -403,12 +403,6 @@ rb_io_check_writable(rb_io_t *fptr)
     }
 }
 
-int
-rb_read_pending(FILE *fp)
-{
-    return STDIO_READ_DATA_PENDING(fp);
-}
-
 int
 rb_io_read_pending(rb_io_t *fptr)
 {
@@ -846,18 +840,6 @@ io_fwrite(VALUE str, rb_io_t *fptr, int nosync)
     return io_binwrite(str, fptr, nosync);
 }
 
-long
-rb_io_fwrite(const char *ptr, long len, FILE *f)
-{
-    rb_io_t of;
-
-    of.fd = fileno(f);
-    of.stdio_file = f;
-    of.mode = FMODE_WRITABLE;
-    of.pathv = Qnil;
-    return io_fwrite(rb_str_new(ptr, len), &of, 0);
-}
-
 static VALUE
 io_write(VALUE io, VALUE str, int nosync)
 {
@@ -1408,22 +1390,6 @@ io_fread(VALUE str, long offset, rb_io_t *fptr)
     return len - n;
 }
 
-long
-rb_io_fread(char *ptr, long len, FILE *f)
-{
-    rb_io_t of;
-    VALUE str;
-    long n;
-
-    of.fd = fileno(f);
-    of.stdio_file = f;
-    of.mode = FMODE_READABLE;
-    str = rb_str_new(ptr, len);
-    n = io_fread(str, 0, &of);
-    MEMCPY(ptr, RSTRING_PTR(str), char, n);
-    return n;
-}
-
 #define SMALLBUF 100
 
 static long
@@ -2705,16 +2671,6 @@ rb_io_getc(VALUE io)
     READ_CHECK(fptr);
     return io_getc(fptr, enc);
 }
-int
-rb_getc(FILE *f)
-{
-    int c;
-
-    rb_read_check(f);
-    c = getc(f);
-
-    return c;
-}
 
 /*
  *  call-seq: