diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 06e48ae..ba6cec3 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -837,54 +837,6 @@ Tput.prototype.parseTermCap = function(data) {
   return terms;
 };
 
-Tput.prototype.parseTermCap_ = function(data) {
-  var terms = {}
-    , term;
-
-  // remove escaped newlines
-  data = data.replace(/\\\n\s*/g, '');
-
-  // remove comments
-  data = data.replace(/^#[^\n]+/gm, '');
-
-  // could split by line instead
-  data = data.replace(/\s+/g, '');
-
-  var fields = data.split(/:+/)
-    , l = fields.length
-    , i = 0
-    , field
-    , names;
-
-  for (; i < l; i++) {
-    field = fields[i].trim();
-    if (!field) continue;
-
-    names = field.split('|');
-    if (names.length > 1) {
-      term = terms[names[0]] = {};
-      term.header = {
-        desc: names.pop(),
-        names: names
-      };
-      term.bools = {};
-      term.numbers = {};
-      term.strings = {};
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    if (~field.indexOf('=')) {
-      parts = field.split('=');
-      term.strings[parts[0]] = parts.slice(1).join('=');
-    } else if (~field.indexOf('#')) {
-      parts = field.split('#');
-      term.numbers[parts[0]] = +parts.slice(1).join('#');
-    } else {
-      term.bools[field] = true;
-    }
-  }
-};
-
 /**
  * Termcap Compiler
  *  man termcap