diff --git a/src/utils/iter.py b/src/utils/iter.py
index 07d1d9b87..750df99ca 100644
--- a/src/utils/iter.py
+++ b/src/utils/iter.py
@@ -148,11 +148,6 @@ def ilen(iterable):
         i += 1
     return i
 
-def one(iterable):
-    for x in iterable:
-        return x
-    raise ValueError, 'Empty iterable: %r' % iterable
-
 def startswith(long, short):
     longI = iter(long)
     shortI = iter(short)
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 8802e2538..731396aa0 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -384,14 +384,6 @@ class StrTest(SupyTestCase):
 
 
 class IterTest(SupyTestCase):
-    def testOne(self):
-        L = range(3)
-        i = iter(L)
-        self.assertEqual(utils.iter.one(i), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(utils.iter.one(i), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(utils.iter.one(i), 2)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, utils.iter.one, i)
-
     def testLimited(self):
         L = range(10)
         self.assertEqual([], list(utils.iter.limited(L, 0)))