diff --git a/methods.py b/methods.py
index 6b97acf822b..122d6826925 100644
--- a/methods.py
+++ b/methods.py
@@ -181,53 +181,6 @@ void unregister_module_types() {
     return module_list
 
 
-def win32_spawn(sh, escape, cmd, args, env):
-    import subprocess
-    newargs = ' '.join(args[1:])
-    cmdline = cmd + " " + newargs
-    startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
-    for e in env:
-        if type(env[e]) != type(""):
-            env[e] = str(env[e])
-    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                            stderr=subprocess.PIPE, startupinfo=startupinfo, shell=False, env=env)
-    _, err = proc.communicate()
-    rv = proc.wait()
-    if rv:
-        print("=====")
-        print(err)
-        print("=====")
-    return rv
-
-"""
-def win32_spawn(sh, escape, cmd, args, spawnenv):
-	import win32file
-	import win32event
-	import win32process
-	import win32security
-	for var in spawnenv:
-		spawnenv[var] = spawnenv[var].encode('ascii', 'replace')
-
-	sAttrs = win32security.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES()
-	StartupInfo = win32process.STARTUPINFO()
-	newargs = ' '.join(map(escape, args[1:]))
-	cmdline = cmd + " " + newargs
-
-	# check for any special operating system commands
-	if cmd == 'del':
-		for arg in args[1:]:
-			win32file.DeleteFile(arg)
-		exit_code = 0
-	else:
-		# otherwise execute the command.
-		hProcess, hThread, dwPid, dwTid = win32process.CreateProcess(None, cmdline, None, None, 1, 0, spawnenv, None, StartupInfo)
-		win32event.WaitForSingleObject(hProcess, win32event.INFINITE)
-		exit_code = win32process.GetExitCodeProcess(hProcess)
-		win32file.CloseHandle(hProcess);
-		win32file.CloseHandle(hThread);
-	return exit_code
-"""
-
 def disable_module(self):
     self.disabled_modules.append(self.current_module)