diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
index 014857023..00a8e0b0b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
@@ -1169,5 +1169,3 @@ fhandler_base::closedir (DIR *)
   set_errno (ENOTDIR);
   return -1;
 }
-bool fhandler_base::get_w_binary () { return FHISSETF (WBINSET) ? FHISSETF (WBINARY) : 1; }
-bool fhandler_base::get_r_binary () { return FHISSETF (RBINSET) ? FHISSETF (RBINARY) : 1; }