diff --git a/lib/creds.c b/lib/creds.c
index e59c601b95..779ae2f131 100644
--- a/lib/creds.c
+++ b/lib/creds.c
@@ -149,16 +149,6 @@ void Curl_creds_unlink(struct Curl_creds **pcreds)
   }
 }
 
-bool Curl_creds_same_user(struct Curl_creds *creds, const char *user)
-{
-  return creds && !Curl_timestrcmp(creds->user, user);
-}
-
-bool Curl_creds_same_passwd(struct Curl_creds *creds, const char *passwd)
-{
-  return creds && !Curl_timestrcmp(creds->passwd, passwd);
-}
-
 bool Curl_creds_same(struct Curl_creds *c1, struct Curl_creds *c2)
 {
   return (c1 == c2) ||
diff --git a/lib/creds.h b/lib/creds.h
index f979629f49..fc978285db 100644
--- a/lib/creds.h
+++ b/lib/creds.h
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ void Curl_creds_unlink(struct Curl_creds **pcreds);
 
 /* TRUE if both creds are NULL or have same username and password. */
 bool Curl_creds_same(struct Curl_creds *c1, struct Curl_creds *c2);
-bool Curl_creds_same_user(struct Curl_creds *creds, const char *user);
-bool Curl_creds_same_passwd(struct Curl_creds *creds, const char *passwd);
 
 /* Provides properties for creds or, if creds is NULL, the empty string */
 #define Curl_creds_has_user(c)           ((c) && (c)->user[0])