diff --git a/runtime/gc_runtime.s b/runtime/gc_runtime.s
index 5f71d4da8..ac8668c40 100644
--- a/runtime/gc_runtime.s
+++ b/runtime/gc_runtime.s
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ __gc_stack_top:	        .long	0
 			.globl	__post_gc
 			.globl	L__gc_init
 			.globl	__gc_root_scan_stack
-	.globl __gc_trace_registers
 			.extern	init_pool
 			.extern	gc_test_and_copy_root
 			.text
 
-L__gc_init:		movl	%esp, __gc_stack_bottom
+L__gc_init:		movl	%ebp, __gc_stack_bottom
 			addl	$4, __gc_stack_bottom
 			call	init_pool
 			ret
@@ -113,19 +112,3 @@ returnn:
 			movl	%ebp, %esp 
 			popl	%ebp
 			ret
-
-
-
-
-__gc_trace_registers:
-	pushl %ebp
-	movl  %esp, %ebp
-	
-	pushl %ebx
-	call	gc_test_and_copy_root
-	popl %ebx
-
-	movl %ebp, %esp
-	popl %ebp
-	ret
-