diff --git a/lua-5.3/compile.c b/lua-5.3/compile.c
index 7b150ff..fbfc716 100644
--- a/lua-5.3/compile.c
+++ b/lua-5.3/compile.c
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@
 	#error "Compilation failed."
 #endif
 
-void system_error(const char * command) {
-	printf("* %s\n",command);
-	int code = system(command);
-	if (code != 0) {
-		printf("Error %d, quitting.\n",code);
-		exit(code);
-	}
-}
-
 int _call_proc(char * argv[]) {
 	#if PLATFORM_LINUX
 		pid_t pid;
diff --git a/tinycc-d2f8ceac/compile.c b/tinycc-d2f8ceac/compile.c
index 2d40945..ca7d53e 100644
--- a/tinycc-d2f8ceac/compile.c
+++ b/tinycc-d2f8ceac/compile.c
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@
 	#error "Compilation failed."
 #endif
 
-void system_error(const char * command) {
-	printf("* %s\n",command);
-	int code = system(command);
-	if (code != 0) {
-		printf("Error %d, quitting.\n",code);
-		exit(code);
-	}
-}
-
 int _call_proc(char * argv[]) {
 	#if PLATFORM_LINUX
 		pid_t pid;