diff --git a/include/cyclone/runtime.h b/include/cyclone/runtime.h
index 51f13481..5a678842 100644
--- a/include/cyclone/runtime.h
+++ b/include/cyclone/runtime.h
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ object register_library(const char *name);
 /**@{*/
 extern list global_table;
 void add_global(const char *identifier, object * glo);
-void add_global2(object identifier, object * glo);
 void Cyc_set_globals_changed(gc_thread_data *thd);
 /**@}*/
 
diff --git a/runtime.c b/runtime.c
index c0c40d66..a70a813b 100644
--- a/runtime.c
+++ b/runtime.c
@@ -570,11 +570,6 @@ void add_global(const char *identifier, object * glo)
 //  pthread_mutex_unlock(&symbol_table_lock);
 }
 
-void add_global2(object identifier, object * glo)
-{
-  global_table = malloc_make_pair(mcvar(glo), global_table);
-}
-
 void debug_dump_globals()
 {
   list l = global_table;
diff --git a/scheme/cyclone/cgen.sld b/scheme/cyclone/cgen.sld
index 0737b157..f66d9ad2 100644
--- a/scheme/cyclone/cgen.sld
+++ b/scheme/cyclone/cgen.sld
@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@
       (lambda (global)
         (let ((mglo (cgen:mangle-global (car global))))
           (emits (string-append
-                   "\n  add_global2(\""
+                   "\n  add_global(\""
                    mglo
                    "\", (object *) &"))
           (emits mglo)