diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 9d68cb8066993d73f520e8d65bf81fa60ec1b74a..8b1be41f7de1d579aca4b5309f0c6d8cc87e694a 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-01-28  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
+
+	* gnu/java/lang/ClassHelper.java
+	(getPackagePortion): Removed.
+
 2004-01-28  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* javax/swing/JComponent.java
diff --git a/libjava/gnu/java/lang/ClassHelper.java b/libjava/gnu/java/lang/ClassHelper.java
index 16d699e3453e18311d2d8d76ce12aec1d9c6774f..7339d6bf5bcc8f9546c7b97b211eb8a89661ed6a 100644
--- a/libjava/gnu/java/lang/ClassHelper.java
+++ b/libjava/gnu/java/lang/ClassHelper.java
@@ -75,20 +75,6 @@ public class ClassHelper
     return name.substring(lastInd + 1);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Strip the last portion of the name (after the last dot).
-   *
-   * @param name the name to get package of
-   * @return the package name, or "" if no package
-   */
-  public static String getPackagePortion(String name)
-  {
-    int lastInd = name.lastIndexOf('.');
-    if (lastInd == -1)
-      return "";
-    return name.substring(0, lastInd);
-  }
-
   /** Cache of methods found in getAllMethods(). */
   private static Map allMethods = new HashMap();