diff --git a/apps/showtext.c b/apps/showtext.c
index 2bd13826d2..0266a678f5 100644
--- a/apps/showtext.c
+++ b/apps/showtext.c
@@ -25,20 +25,6 @@
 #include "button.h"
 #include "sprintf.h"
 
-char *strcat(char *s1,
-             const char *s2)
-{
-  char *s = s1;
-
-  while (*s1)
-    s1++;
-
-  while ((*s1++ = *s2++))
-    ;
-  return s;
-}
-
-
 static int here=0;
 
 char *singleshow(char *word)