diff --git a/gtkedit/ChangeLog b/gtkedit/ChangeLog
index 4ce0a2403..14499c070 100644
--- a/gtkedit/ChangeLog
+++ b/gtkedit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-02-26  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* edit.c (edit_init_file): Remove, it's useless. All the
+	necessary files should be created when needed.
+	* edit.h: Remove declaration of edit_init_file().
+
 2000-11-01  Andrew V. Samoilov <sav@bcs.zp.ua>
 
 	* editcmd.c (canonicalize_pathname) [GTK]: memory leaking fixed
diff --git a/gtkedit/edit.c b/gtkedit/edit.c
index 8263447f9..8e6545dcd 100644
--- a/gtkedit/edit.c
+++ b/gtkedit/edit.c
@@ -2797,13 +2797,3 @@ void user_menu (WEdit *edit)
     edit->force |= REDRAW_COMPLETELY;
     return;
 }
-
-void edit_init_file()
-{
-    FILE *f;
-
-    if ((f = fopen (catstrs (home_dir, ERROR_FILE, 0), "w"))) fclose(f);
-    if ((f = fopen (catstrs (home_dir, BLOCK_FILE, 0), "w"))) fclose(f);
-    if ((f = fopen (catstrs (home_dir, TEMP_FILE, 0) , "w"))) fclose(f);
-    return;
-}
diff --git a/gtkedit/edit.h b/gtkedit/edit.h
index 601e2bb0a..8c1646183 100644
--- a/gtkedit/edit.h
+++ b/gtkedit/edit.h
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ void book_mark_inc (WEdit * edit, int line);
 void book_mark_dec (WEdit * edit, int line);
 
 void user_menu (WEdit *edit);
-void edit_init_file();
 
 #ifdef MIDNIGHT