diff --git a/src/backend/threadpool.c b/src/backend/threadpool.c
index 2a33978d6..d7c13551e 100644
--- a/src/backend/threadpool.c
+++ b/src/backend/threadpool.c
@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ lumiera_threadpool_destroy(void)
     }
 }
 
-void lumiera_threadpool_unlink(LumieraThread thread)
-{
-  REQUIRE (thread, "invalid thread given");
-  REQUIRE (thread->kind < LUMIERA_THREADCLASS_COUNT, "thread belongs to an unknown pool kind: %d", thread->kind);
-  llist_unlink(&thread->node);
-  ENSURE (llist_is_empty(&thread->node), "failed to unlink the thread");
-}
-
 
 LumieraThread
 lumiera_threadpool_acquire_thread(enum lumiera_thread_class kind,
diff --git a/src/backend/threadpool.h b/src/backend/threadpool.h
index de545876c..572727e3e 100644
--- a/src/backend/threadpool.h
+++ b/src/backend/threadpool.h
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ lumiera_threadpool_init();
 void
 lumiera_threadpool_destroy(void);
 
-/**
- * Just remove the thread structure from an associated pool list.
- */
-void
-lumiera_threadpool_unlink(LumieraThread thread);
-
 #endif
 /*
 // Local Variables:
diff --git a/src/backend/threads.c b/src/backend/threads.c
index a75b7f81b..9c4cc9f1f 100644
--- a/src/backend/threads.c
+++ b/src/backend/threads.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ lumiera_thread_destroy (LumieraThread self)
 {
   REQUIRE (self, "trying to destroy an invalid thread");
 
-  lumiera_threadpool_unlink(self);
+  llist_unlink (&self->node);
 
   // get the pthread out of the processing loop
   // need to signal to the thread that it should start quitting