diff --git a/examples/convert-llama2c-to-ggml/convert-llama2c-to-ggml.cpp b/examples/convert-llama2c-to-ggml/convert-llama2c-to-ggml.cpp
index 3154110de..4b29741be 100644
--- a/examples/convert-llama2c-to-ggml/convert-llama2c-to-ggml.cpp
+++ b/examples/convert-llama2c-to-ggml/convert-llama2c-to-ggml.cpp
@@ -523,21 +523,6 @@ struct llama_file {
         return std::string(chars.data(), len);
     }
 
-    void write_raw(const void * ptr, size_t size) const {
-        if (size == 0) {
-            return;
-        }
-        errno = 0;
-        size_t ret = std::fwrite(ptr, size, 1, fp);
-        if (ret != 1) {
-            throw std::runtime_error(format("write error: %s", strerror(errno)));
-        }
-    }
-
-    void write_u32(std::uint32_t val) const {
-        write_raw(&val, sizeof(val));
-    }
-
     ~llama_file() {
         if (fp) {
             std::fclose(fp);