diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index cad0b46d6..f8c0b3a4b 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #define INCORRECT_PASSWORD "Sorry, try again." /* message for bad passwd */
 #define MAILSUBJECT "*** SECURITY information ***" /* subject of mail sent */
 /*#define SECURE_PATH	"/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin:/usr/etc:/etc" /* secure path */
-/*#define USE_REALPATH		/* use sudo_realpath() to expand paths */
 
 /**********  You probably don't want to modify anything below here  ***********/
 
diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 8c8999375..d372401b7 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ int parse_error = FALSE;
  * this routine is called from the sudo.c module and tries to validate
  * the user, host and command triplet.
  */
-
 int validate()
 {
     FILE *sudoers_fp;
@@ -135,39 +134,7 @@ int validate()
     return(VALIDATE_NOT_OK);
 }
 
-/*
- * return TRUE if cmnd matches, in the sudo sense,
- * the pathname in path; otherwise, return FALSE
- */
-#ifdef USE_REALPATH
-int
-path_matches(cmnd, path)
-char *cmnd, *path;
-{
-	int clen, plen;
 
-	if (cmnd == NULL)
-		return(FALSE);
-
-	plen = strlen(path);
-	if (path[plen] != '/')
-	    return(strcmp(cmnd, path) == 0);
-
-	clen = strlen(cmnd);
-	if (clen < plen + 1)
-	    /* path cannot be the parent dir of cmnd */
-	    return(FALSE);
-
-	if (strchr(cmnd + plen + 1, '/') != NULL)
-	    /* path could only be an ancestor of cmnd -- */
-	    /* ignoring, of course, things like // & /./  */
-	    return(FALSE);
-
-	/* see whether path is the prefix of cmnd */
-	return(strncmp(cmnd, path, plen) == 0);
-}
-
-#else
 
 /*
  * If path doesn't end in /, return TRUE iff cmnd & path name the same inode;
@@ -215,7 +182,7 @@ char *cmnd, *path;
     return(dent != NULL);
 }
 
-#endif /* USE_REALPATH */
+
 
 int
 ntwk_matches(n)