diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 541a263f..93488b28 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -159,20 +159,6 @@ log_init(log_level_t filter, char* log_file)
     g_free(lf);
 }
 
-void
-log_reinit(void)
-{
-    char* lf = strdup(mainlogfile);
-    char* start = strrchr(lf, '/') + 1;
-    char* end = strstr(start, ".log");
-    *end = '\0';
-
-    log_close();
-    log_init(level_filter, start);
-
-    free(lf);
-}
-
 const char*
 get_log_file_location(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/log.h b/src/log.h
index ae3d5c6b..00e40fb6 100644
--- a/src/log.h
+++ b/src/log.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ typedef enum {
 void log_init(log_level_t filter, char* log_file);
 log_level_t log_get_filter(void);
 void log_close(void);
-void log_reinit(void);
 const char* get_log_file_location(void);
 void log_debug(const char* const msg, ...);
 void log_info(const char* const msg, ...);
diff --git a/tests/unittests/log/stub_log.c b/tests/unittests/log/stub_log.c
index ee3780a7..4770eef0 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/log/stub_log.c
+++ b/tests/unittests/log/stub_log.c
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ log_get_filter(void)
     return mock_type(log_level_t);
 }
 
-void
-log_reinit(void)
-{
-}
 void
 log_close(void)
 {