2 files changed, 8 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst b/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
index f492f16..cdea26f 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
@@ -874,15 +874,6 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
    if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
 
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_Encode(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
-
-   Encode the :ctype:`char` buffer of the given size by passing it to the codec
-   registered for *encoding* and return a Python object. *encoding* and *errors*
-   have the same meaning as the parameters of the same name in the string
-   :meth:`encode` method. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
-   registry.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
-
-
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_AsEncodedObject(PyObject *str, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
 
    Encode a string object using the codec registered for *encoding* and return the
diff --git a/Include/stringobject.h b/Include/stringobject.h
index 103a9be..223d382 100644
--- a/Include/stringobject.h
+++ b/Include/stringobject.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyString_Eq(PyObject *, PyObject*);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyString_Format(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyString_FormatLong(PyObject*, int, int,
 						  int, char**, int*);
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyString_DecodeEscape(const char *, Py_ssize_t, 
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyString_DecodeEscape(const char *, Py_ssize_t,
 						   const char *, Py_ssize_t,
 						   const char *);
 
@@ -102,17 +102,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyString_Decode(
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
     );
 
-/* Encodes a char buffer of the given size and returns a 
-   Python object. */
-
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyString_Encode(
-    const char *s,              /* string char buffer */
-    Py_ssize_t size,            /* number of chars to encode */
-    const char *encoding,       /* encoding */
-    const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
-
-/* Encodes a string object and returns the result as Python 
+/* Encodes a string object and returns the result as Python
    object. */
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyString_AsEncodedObject(
@@ -122,8 +112,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyString_AsEncodedObject(
     );
 
 /* Encodes a string object and returns the result as Python string
-   object.   
-   
+   object.
+
    If the codec returns an Unicode object, the object is converted
    back to a string using the default encoding.
 
@@ -135,7 +125,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyString_AsEncodedString(
     const char *errors		/* error handling */
     );
 
-/* Decodes a string object and returns the result as Python 
+/* Decodes a string object and returns the result as Python
    object. */
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyString_AsDecodedObject(
@@ -145,8 +135,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyString_AsDecodedObject(
     );
 
 /* Decodes a string object and returns the result as Python string
-   object.  
-   
+   object.
+
    If the codec returns an Unicode object, the object is converted
    back to a string using the default encoding.
 
@@ -171,7 +161,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyString_AsStringAndSize(
 				   (only possible for 0-terminated
 				   strings) */
     );
-    
+
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }