diff --git a/dlls/winhttp/net.c b/dlls/winhttp/net.c
index c6cc6987880..d9f81dedacb 100644
--- a/dlls/winhttp/net.c
+++ b/dlls/winhttp/net.c
@@ -289,13 +289,6 @@ static BOOL ensure_cred_handle(void)
     return ret;
 }
 
-BOOL netconn_init( netconn_t *conn )
-{
-    memset(conn, 0, sizeof(*conn));
-    conn->socket = -1;
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
 void netconn_unload( void )
 {
     if(cred_handle_initialized)
diff --git a/dlls/winhttp/winhttp_private.h b/dlls/winhttp/winhttp_private.h
index eba20c9f2f1..636bae9a4c2 100644
--- a/dlls/winhttp/winhttp_private.h
+++ b/dlls/winhttp/winhttp_private.h
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ void close_connection( request_t * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL netconn_close( netconn_t * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL netconn_connect( netconn_t *, const struct sockaddr *, unsigned int, int ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 netconn_t *netconn_create( int, int, int ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
-BOOL netconn_init( netconn_t * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void netconn_unload( void ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 ULONG netconn_query_data_available( netconn_t * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL netconn_recv( netconn_t *, void *, size_t, int, int * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;