diff --git a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_cache b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_cache
index e52d8bf..ec47341 100755
--- a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_cache
+++ b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_cache
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 source /etc/init.d/functions.sh
-source /etc/portage/util-functions.sh
 
 repository_name="${1}"
 repository_path="${3}"
diff --git a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_dtd b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_dtd
index 431003e..3086b06 100755
--- a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_dtd
+++ b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_dtd
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 source /etc/init.d/functions.sh
-source /etc/portage/util-functions.sh
 
 repository_name="${1}"
 repository_path="${3}"
diff --git a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_glsa b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_glsa
index f0e93c7..3ee9b9b 100755
--- a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_glsa
+++ b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_glsa
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 source /etc/init.d/functions.sh
-source /etc/portage/util-functions.sh
 
 repository_name="${1}"
 repository_path="${3}"
diff --git a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_herds_xml b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_herds_xml
index 2d84e14..edfcf65 100755
--- a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_herds_xml
+++ b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_herds_xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 source /etc/init.d/functions.sh
-source /etc/portage/util-functions.sh
 
 repository_name="${1}"
 repository_path="${3}"
diff --git a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_news b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_news
index 8568a83..358f0e2 100755
--- a/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_news
+++ b/etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/sync_gentoo_news
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 source /etc/init.d/functions.sh
-source /etc/portage/util-functions.sh
 
 repository_name="${1}"
 repository_path="${3}"
diff --git a/etc/portage/util-functions.sh b/etc/portage/util-functions.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fe56e4..0000000
--- a/etc/portage/util-functions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-source /etc/init.d/functions.sh
-
-eend_die() {
-	eend "$@"
-	[[ $1 -ne 0 ]] && exit $1
-}
-
-die() {
-	eerror "$*"
-	exit 1
-}