diff --git a/src/opus.cc b/src/opus.cc
index 28fa397..de5f72f 100644
--- a/src/opus.cc
+++ b/src/opus.cc
@@ -143,10 +143,3 @@ void ot::print_tags(opus_tags *tags)
 		puts("");
 	}
 }
-
-/**
- * \todo Delete this function.
- */
-void ot::free_tags(opus_tags *tags)
-{
-}
diff --git a/src/opustags.cc b/src/opustags.cc
index d79045f..666c09c 100644
--- a/src/opustags.cc
+++ b/src/opustags.cc
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
                 }
                 else
                     ot::print_tags(&tags);
-                ot::free_tags(&tags);
                 if(raw_tags)
                     free(raw_tags);
                 if(error || !out)
diff --git a/src/opustags.h b/src/opustags.h
index f24e14d..0aad0fd 100644
--- a/src/opustags.h
+++ b/src/opustags.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ int render_tags(opus_tags *tags, ogg_packet *op);
 void delete_tags(opus_tags *tags, const char *field);
 int add_tags(opus_tags *tags, const char **tags_to_add, uint32_t count);
 void print_tags(opus_tags *tags);
-void free_tags(opus_tags *tags);
 
 /** \} */
 
diff --git a/t/unit.cc b/t/unit.cc
index d582411..4b60659 100644
--- a/t/unit.cc
+++ b/t/unit.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ static bool parse_standard()
 		throw failure("bad artist");
 	if (tags.extra_data.size != 0)
 		throw failure("found mysterious padding data");
-	ot::free_tags(&tags);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ static bool recode_standard()
 		throw failure("the packet is not the right size");
 	if (memcmp(packet.packet, standard_OpusTags, packet.bytes) != 0)
 		throw failure("the rendered packet is not what we expected");
-	ot::free_tags(&tags);
 	free(packet.packet);
 	return true;
 }
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ static bool recode_padding()
 		throw failure("the packet got too big");
 	if (memcmp(packet.packet, padded_OpusTags.data(), packet.bytes) != 0)
 		throw failure("the rendered packet is not what we expected");
-	ot::free_tags(&tags);
 	free(packet.packet);
 	return true;
 }