diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index de1dcb9fe..bfaff82a0 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-12-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* include/strings.h: Remove in favor of equivalent newlib file.
+
 2010-12-08  Christian Franke  <franke@computer.org>
 
 	* sec_acl.cc (getacl): Set DEF_CLASS_OBJ permissions to 07 instead
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/strings.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/strings.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a443ee51f..000000000
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/strings.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/* strings.h
-
-   Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
-
- This file is part of Cygwin.
-
- This software is a copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
- Cygwin license.  Please consult the file "CYGWIN_LICENSE" for
- details. */
-
-#ifndef _STRINGS_H_
-#define _STRINGS_H_
-
-/* newlib's string.h already declares these functions. */
-#ifndef _STRING_H_
-
-#include "_ansi.h"
-
-#define __need_size_t
-#include <stddef.h>
-
-_BEGIN_STD_C
-
-int   _EXFUN(bcmp,(const void *, const void *, size_t));
-void  _EXFUN(bcopy,(const void *, void *, size_t));
-void  _EXFUN(bzero,(void *, size_t));
-int   _EXFUN(ffs,(int));
-char *_EXFUN(index,(const char *, int));
-char *_EXFUN(rindex,(const char *, int));
-int   _EXFUN(strcasecmp,(const char *, const char *));
-int   _EXFUN(strncasecmp,(const char *, const char *, size_t));
-
-_END_STD_C
-
-#endif /* _STRING_H_ */
-
-#endif /* _STRINGS_H_ */