diff --git a/src/lib/egcpool.h b/src/lib/egcpool.h
index 8d2edabeb..b127d8062 100644
--- a/src/lib/egcpool.h
+++ b/src/lib/egcpool.h
@@ -262,12 +262,6 @@ cell_sprixel_p(const nccell* c){
   return (htole(c->gcluster) & htole(0xff000000ul)) == htole(0x02000000ul);
 }
 
-// Is the cell part of a sprixel?
-static inline uint32_t
-cell_sprixel_id(const nccell* c){
-  return htole(c->gcluster) & htole(0xfffffful);
-}
-
 // Is the cell simple (a UTF8-encoded EGC of four bytes or fewer)?
 static inline bool
 cell_simple_p(const nccell* c){
diff --git a/src/lib/render.c b/src/lib/render.c
index 58d3d01be..1e510bb10 100644
--- a/src/lib/render.c
+++ b/src/lib/render.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ paint_sprixel(ncplane* p, struct crender* rvec, int starty, int startx,
       }
       sprixcell_e state = sprixel_state(s, absy, absx);
       struct crender* crender = &rvec[fbcellidx(absy, dstlenx, absx)];
-//fprintf(stderr, "presprixel: %p preid: %d id: %d state: %d\n", rvec->sprixel, rvec->sprixel ? rvec->sprixel->id : 0, cell_sprixel_id(vis), s->invalidated);
+//fprintf(stderr, "presprixel: %p preid: %d state: %d\n", rvec->sprixel, rvec->sprixel ? rvec->sprixel->id : 0, s->invalidated);
       // if we already have a glyph solved (meaning said glyph is above this
       // sprixel), and we run into a bitmap cell, we need to null that cell out
       // of the bitmap.