diff --git a/src/basic/strv.c b/src/basic/strv.c
index 9aa9c740c3..2ba5a94839 100644
--- a/src/basic/strv.c
+++ b/src/basic/strv.c
@@ -860,16 +860,6 @@ bool strv_fnmatch_full(char* const* patterns, const char *s, int flags, size_t *
         return false;
 }
 
-char*** strv_free_free(char ***l) {
-        if (!l)
-                return NULL;
-
-        for (char ***i = l; *i; i++)
-                strv_free(*i);
-
-        return mfree(l);
-}
-
 char** strv_skip(char **l, size_t n) {
 
         while (n > 0) {
diff --git a/src/basic/strv.h b/src/basic/strv.h
index 238ac60622..092d40c84b 100644
--- a/src/basic/strv.h
+++ b/src/basic/strv.h
@@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ static inline bool strv_fnmatch_or_empty(char* const* patterns, const char *s, i
                strv_fnmatch_full(patterns, s, flags, NULL);
 }
 
-char*** strv_free_free(char ***l);
-DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(char***, strv_free_free);
-
 char** strv_skip(char **l, size_t n);
 
 int strv_extend_n(char ***l, const char *value, size_t n);
diff --git a/src/test/test-strv.c b/src/test/test-strv.c
index a025f34408..94581fc832 100644
--- a/src/test/test-strv.c
+++ b/src/test/test-strv.c
@@ -917,17 +917,6 @@ TEST(strv_make_nulstr) {
         test_strv_make_nulstr_one(STRV_MAKE("foo", "bar", "quuux"));
 }
 
-TEST(strv_free_free) {
-        char ***t;
-
-        assert_se(t = new(char**, 3));
-        assert_se(t[0] = strv_new("a", "b"));
-        assert_se(t[1] = strv_new("c", "d", "e"));
-        t[2] = NULL;
-
-        t = strv_free_free(t);
-}
-
 TEST(foreach_string) {
         const char * const t[] = {
                 "foo",