diff --git a/src/sds.c b/src/sds.c
index 3626dd52..05ee0ad5 100644
--- a/src/sds.c
+++ b/src/sds.c
@@ -88,17 +88,6 @@ void sdsfree(sds s) {
     zfree(s-sizeof(struct sdshdr));
 }
 
-/* Remove sds header so we can use buffer as malloc'd byte array.
- * Returns the contents of 's' usable as a full malloc'd C string. */
-char *sdsnative(sds s) {
-    if (!s) return NULL;
-
-    size_t len = sdslen(s);
-    char *base = s-sizeof(struct sdshdr);
-    memmove(base, s, len);
-    return zrealloc(base, len);
-}
-
 /* Set the sds string length to the length as obtained with strlen(), so
  * considering as content only up to the first null term character.
  *
diff --git a/src/sds.h b/src/sds.h
index 756ae0b5..93dd4f28 100644
--- a/src/sds.h
+++ b/src/sds.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ sds sdsempty(void);
 size_t sdslen(const sds s);
 sds sdsdup(const sds s);
 void sdsfree(sds s);
-char *sdsnative(sds s);
 size_t sdsavail(const sds s);
 sds sdsgrowzero(sds s, size_t len);
 sds sdscatlen(sds s, const void *t, size_t len);