diff --git a/src/memory.c b/src/memory.c
index fa066cf2aa..5bc23284dc 100644
--- a/src/memory.c
+++ b/src/memory.c
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ static void try_to_free_memory();
 
 /*
  * Note: if unsigned is 16 bits we can only allocate up to 64K with alloc().
- * Use lalloc for larger blocks.
  */
 char_u *alloc(unsigned size)
 {
-  return lalloc((long_u)size, TRUE);
+  return xmalloc(size);
 }
 
 /// Try to free memory. Used when trying to recover from out of memory errors.
@@ -216,11 +215,6 @@ char *xstrndup(const char *str, size_t len)
 }
 
 
-char_u *lalloc(long_u size, int message)
-{
-  return (char_u *)xmalloc((size_t)size);
-}
-
 /*
  * Avoid repeating the error message many times (they take 1 second each).
  * Did_outofmem_msg is reset when a character is read.
diff --git a/src/memory.h b/src/memory.h
index b70f6bdf2d..723e7af814 100644
--- a/src/memory.h
+++ b/src/memory.h
@@ -127,12 +127,7 @@ char *xstpcpy(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src);
 /// @param maxlen
 char *xstpncpy(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src, size_t maxlen);
 
-/// Old low level memory allocation function.
-///
-/// @deprecated use xmalloc() directly instead
-/// @param size
-/// @return pointer to allocated space. Never NULL
-char_u *lalloc(long_u size, int message) FUNC_ATTR_MALLOC FUNC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
 void do_outofmem_msg(long_u size);
 void free_all_mem(void);
+
 #endif