diff --git a/psycopg/psycopg.h b/psycopg/psycopg.h
index 7834cf67..adda12d9 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopg.h
+++ b/psycopg/psycopg.h
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ RAISES HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_set_error(PyObject *exc, cursorObject *curs, const
 HIDDEN char *psycopg_escape_string(connectionObject *conn,
               const char *from, Py_ssize_t len, char *to, Py_ssize_t *tolen);
 HIDDEN char *psycopg_escape_identifier_easy(const char *from, Py_ssize_t len);
-HIDDEN char *psycopg_escape_conninfo(const char *from, Py_ssize_t len);
-
 HIDDEN int psycopg_strdup(char **to, const char *from, Py_ssize_t len);
 HIDDEN int psycopg_is_text_file(PyObject *f);
 
diff --git a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
index 5e8eb5b7..c08cd70e 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
+++ b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_null = NULL;
 /* The type of the cursor.description items */
 HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_DescriptionType = NULL;
 
-
 /** connect module-level function **/
 #define psyco_connect_doc \
 "_connect(dsn, [connection_factory], [async]) -- New database connection.\n\n"
@@ -87,6 +86,7 @@ psyco_connect(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
     int async = 0;
 
     static char *kwlist[] = {"dsn", "connection_factory", "async", NULL};
+
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "s|Oi", kwlist,
                                      &dsn, &factory, &async)) {
         return NULL;
diff --git a/psycopg/utils.c b/psycopg/utils.c
index e9dc3ba6..ec8e47c8 100644
--- a/psycopg/utils.c
+++ b/psycopg/utils.c
@@ -124,50 +124,6 @@ psycopg_escape_identifier_easy(const char *from, Py_ssize_t len)
     return rv;
 }
 
-char *
-psycopg_escape_conninfo(const char *from, Py_ssize_t len)
-{
-    char *rv = NULL;
-    const char *src;
-    const char *end;
-    char *dst;
-    int space = 0;
-
-    if (!len) { len = strlen(from); }
-    end = from + len;
-
-    if (!(rv = PyMem_Malloc(3 + 2 * len))) {
-        PyErr_NoMemory();
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /* check for any whitespace or empty string */
-    if (from < end && *from) {
-        for (src = from; src < end && *src; ++src) {
-            if (isspace(*src)) {
-                space = 1;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        /* empty string: we should produce '' */
-        space = 1;
-    }
-
-    dst = rv;
-    if (space) { *(dst++) = '\''; }
-    /* scan and copy */
-    for (src = from; src < end && *src; ++src, ++dst) {
-        if (*src == '\'' || *src == '\\')
-            *(dst++) = '\\';
-        *dst = *src;
-    }
-    if (space) { *(dst++) = '\''; }
-    *dst = '\0';
-
-    return rv;
-}
-
 /* Duplicate a string.
  *
  * Allocate a new buffer on the Python heap containing the new string.