diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
index 069deb81d1..ce924c32fd 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
@@ -337,19 +337,6 @@ error:
    return EINA_TRUE;
 }
 
-/**
- * @internal
- * Reverses the string according to the props
- *
- * @param str the string to reverse.
- */
-void
-evas_bidi_reverse_string(Eina_Unicode *str)
-{
-   eina_unicode_reverse(str);
-}
-
-
 /**
  * @internal
  * Returns the end of the current run of text
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
index aa9ee91a2a..d357be9fc3 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
@@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ evas_bidi_end_of_run_get(const Evas_BiDi_Paragraph_Props *bidi_props, size_t sta
 Eina_Bool
 evas_bidi_props_reorder_line(Eina_Unicode *eina_ustr, size_t start, size_t len, const Evas_BiDi_Paragraph_Props *props, EvasBiDiStrIndex **_v_to_l);
 
-void
-evas_bidi_reverse_string(Eina_Unicode *str) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
-
 Evas_BiDi_Paragraph_Props *
 evas_bidi_paragraph_props_get(const Eina_Unicode *eina_ustr) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1) EINA_MALLOC EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;