diff --git a/scheme/lib/uri.scm b/scheme/lib/uri.scm
index ba4c383..15588fc 100644
--- a/scheme/lib/uri.scm
+++ b/scheme/lib/uri.scm
@@ -14,40 +14,6 @@
 ;;; - http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Addressing/URL/URI_Overview.html
 ;;;   General Web page of URI pointers.	
 
-(define uri-reserved (string->char-set ";/#?: ="))
-
-(define uri-reserved-sans-= (char-set-delete uri-reserved #\=))
-
-;;; Note: this "uri-parser" has never been adapted to RCF 2396 
-;;; (Uniform Resource Identifiers: Generic Syntax)
-;;; It is rather useless by now since it's hard to determine
-;;; exactly which subset of RFC 2396's URIs it works for
-;;;(plus the subset it works for is a rather arbitrary one).
-
-(define (parse-uri s)
-  (let* ((slen (string-length s))
-	 ;; Search forwards for colon (or intervening reserved char).
-	 (rs1 (string-index s uri-reserved))	; 1st reserved char
-	 (colon (and rs1 (char=? (string-ref s rs1) #\:) rs1))
-	 (path-start (if colon (+ colon 1) 0))
-
-	 ;; Search backwards for # (or intervening reserved char).
-	 (rs-last (string-index-right s uri-reserved))
-	 (sharp (and rs-last (char=? (string-ref s rs-last) #\#) rs-last))
-
-	 ;; Search backwards for ? (or intervening reserved char).
-	 ;; (NB: #\= may be after #\? and before #\#)
-	 (rs-penult (string-index-right s                      
-					uri-reserved-sans-=
-					path-start
-					(or sharp slen)))
-	 (ques (and rs-penult (char=? (string-ref s rs-penult) #\?) rs-penult))
-
-	 (path-end (or ques sharp slen)))
-    (values (and colon (substring s 0 colon))
-	    (split-uri s path-start path-end)
-	    (and ques (substring s (+ ques 1) (or sharp slen)))
-	    (and sharp (substring s (+ sharp 1) slen)))))
 
 ;;; Caution:
 ;;; Don't use this proc until *after* you've parsed the URL -- unescaping