diff --git a/cde/programs/dtksh/Makefile.am b/cde/programs/dtksh/Makefile.am
index 098c71e2a..32bb57e5c 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtksh/Makefile.am
+++ b/cde/programs/dtksh/Makefile.am
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ dtksh_SOURCES = init.c \
                 xmcmds.c \
                 xmwidgets.c \
                 extra.c \
-                findsym.c \
                 msgs.c
 
 init.c:
diff --git a/cde/programs/dtksh/findsym.c b/cde/programs/dtksh/findsym.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 097c5804a..000000000
--- a/cde/programs/dtksh/findsym.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * CDE - Common Desktop Environment
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1993-2012, The Open Group. All rights reserved.
- *
- * These libraries and programs are free software; you can
- * redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
- * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
- * any later version.
- *
- * These libraries and programs are distributed in the hope that
- * they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
- * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with these libraries and programs; if not, write
- * to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
- * Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- */
-/* $XConsortium: findsym.c /main/5 1995/11/09 09:32:59 rswiston $ */
-
-/*	Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. */
-/*	All Rights Reserved     */
-
-/*	THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF    */
-/*	UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.			*/
-/*	The copyright notice above does not evidence any       */
-/*	actual or intended publication of such source code.    */
-
-#include "shell.h"
-#include "stdio.h"
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#ifdef __aix
-#include <sys/ldr.h>
-#else
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <string.h>
-#include <search.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include "msgs.h"
-
-/*
- * This function is currently only used to locate a widget class record,
- * as requested by a DtLoadWidget request.
- */
-
-void *
-fsym(
-        char *str,
-        int lib )
-{
-   int i = 0;
-   void * addr;
-
-   if (liblist == NULL)
-      return (NULL);
-   while (liblist[i].dll)
-   {
-      if (addr = dlsym(liblist[i].dll, str))
-         return(addr);
-      i++;
-   }
-
-   return(0);
-}
diff --git a/cde/programs/dtksh/widget.c b/cde/programs/dtksh/widget.c
index 3595cc6fe..364c96e97 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtksh/widget.c
+++ b/cde/programs/dtksh/widget.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "name.h"
 #include "shell.h"
 #include <string.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
 #include <X11/IntrinsicP.h>
 #include <X11/Shell.h>
@@ -576,6 +577,32 @@ fixupresources(
         }
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function is currently only used to locate a widget class record,
+ * as requested by a DtLoadWidget request.
+ */
+
+static void *
+fsym(
+        char *str,
+        int lib )
+{
+   int i = 0;
+   void * addr;
+
+   if (liblist == NULL)
+      return (NULL);
+   while (liblist[i].dll)
+   {
+      if (addr = dlsym(liblist[i].dll, str))
+         return(addr);
+      i++;
+   }
+
+   return(0);
+}
+
+
 int
 do_DtLoadWidget(
         int argc,