diff --git a/libgimp/gimp.def b/libgimp/gimp.def
index c3232b395e..d5e6140ac2 100644
--- a/libgimp/gimp.def
+++ b/libgimp/gimp.def
@@ -749,7 +749,6 @@ EXPORTS
 	gimp_progress_update
 	gimp_quit
 	gimp_register_file_handler_mime
-	gimp_register_magic_load_handler
 	gimp_register_save_handler
 	gimp_run_procedure_array
 	gimp_save_procedure_get_type
diff --git a/libgimp/gimplegacy.c b/libgimp/gimplegacy.c
index 73bed2f8ea..f1344d6cbf 100644
--- a/libgimp/gimplegacy.c
+++ b/libgimp/gimplegacy.c
@@ -392,32 +392,6 @@ gimp_plugin_menu_register (const gchar *procedure_name,
   return _gimp_plugin_menu_register (procedure_name, menu_path);
 }
 
-/**
- * gimp_register_magic_load_handler:
- * @procedure_name: The name of the procedure to be used for loading.
- * @extensions: comma separated list of extensions this handler can load (i.e. "jpg,jpeg").
- * @prefixes: comma separated list of prefixes this handler can load (i.e. "http:,ftp:").
- * @magics: comma separated list of magic file information this handler can load (i.e. "0,string,GIF").
- *
- * Registers a file load handler procedure.
- *
- * Registers a procedural database procedure to be called to load files
- * of a particular file format using magic file information.
- *
- * Returns: TRUE on success.
- **/
-gboolean
-gimp_register_magic_load_handler (const gchar *procedure_name,
-                                  const gchar *extensions,
-                                  const gchar *prefixes,
-                                  const gchar *magics)
-{
-  ASSERT_NO_PLUG_IN_EXISTS (G_STRFUNC);
-
-  return _gimp_register_magic_load_handler (procedure_name,
-                                            extensions, prefixes, magics);
-}
-
 /**
  * gimp_register_save_handler:
  * @procedure_name: The name of the procedure to be used for saving.
diff --git a/libgimp/gimplegacy.h b/libgimp/gimplegacy.h
index 7c0aba3736..01ab108e23 100644
--- a/libgimp/gimplegacy.h
+++ b/libgimp/gimplegacy.h
@@ -268,10 +268,6 @@ gboolean   gimp_plugin_menu_register        (const gchar   *procedure_name,
 /* gimp_fileops API that should now be done by using GimpFileProcedure
  */
 
-gboolean   gimp_register_magic_load_handler    (const gchar *procedure_name,
-                                                const gchar *extensions,
-                                                const gchar *prefixes,
-                                                const gchar *magics);
 gboolean   gimp_register_save_handler          (const gchar *procedure_name,
                                                 const gchar *extensions,
                                                 const gchar *prefixes);