diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
index 5f7f1c41f3c..934812d2a3f 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
@@ -339,11 +339,6 @@ KBoolean Kotlin_String_unsafeRangeEquals(KString thiz, KInt thizOffset, KString
   ) == 0;
 }
 
-KBoolean Kotlin_Char_isIdentifierIgnorable(KChar ch) {
-  RuntimeAssert(false, "Kotlin_Char_isIdentifierIgnorable() is not implemented");
-  return false;
-}
-
 KBoolean Kotlin_Char_isISOControl(KChar ch) {
   return (ch <= 0x1F) || (ch >= 0x7F && ch <= 0x9F);
 }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/text/CharNative.kt b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/text/CharNative.kt
index a26526ba7a6..ebd2b1e2643 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/text/CharNative.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/text/CharNative.kt
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ external public actual fun Char.isHighSurrogate(): Boolean
 @GCUnsafeCall("Kotlin_Char_isLowSurrogate")
 external public actual fun Char.isLowSurrogate(): Boolean
 
-/**
- * Returns `true` if this character (Unicode code point) should be regarded as an ignorable
- * character in a Java identifier or a Unicode identifier.
- */
-@GCUnsafeCall("Kotlin_Char_isIdentifierIgnorable")
-external public fun Char.isIdentifierIgnorable(): Boolean
-
 /**
  * Returns `true` if this character is an ISO control character.
  *