diff --git a/BUILD/autorun.sh b/BUILD/autorun.sh
index 1d7cf5561ad8c..39346270af91c 100755
--- a/BUILD/autorun.sh
+++ b/BUILD/autorun.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 # Create MySQL cmake configure wrapper
 
-die() { echo "$@"; exit 1; }
-
 # Use a configure script that will call CMake.
 path=`dirname $0`
 cp $path/cmake_configure.sh $path/../configure