diff --git a/src/business/business-gnome/dialog-date-close.c b/src/business/business-gnome/dialog-date-close.c
index 2c11b5cc29..0d7d116720 100644
--- a/src/business/business-gnome/dialog-date-close.c
+++ b/src/business/business-gnome/dialog-date-close.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "gnc-gui-query.h"
 #include "gnc-ui.h"
 #include "gnc-ui-util.h"
-#include "AccWindow.h"
 #include "gnc-date-edit.h"
 #include "gnc-account-sel.h"
 
@@ -35,25 +34,6 @@ typedef struct _dialog_date_close_window {
   gboolean retval;
 } DialogDateClose;
 
-static Account *
-ask_make_acct (DialogDateClose *ddc, const char *name, gboolean new_acc)
-{
-  GList *types = NULL;
-  Account *acc;
-
-  if (new_acc) {
-    const gchar *format  = _("The account \"%s\" does not exist.\n"
-			     "Would you like to create it?");
-    if (!gnc_verify_dialog_parented (ddc->dialog, TRUE, format, name))
-      return NULL;
-  }
-
-  acc = gnc_ui_new_accounts_from_name_window_with_types (name,
-							 ddc->acct_types);
-  g_list_free (types);
-  return acc;
-}
-
 static void
 gnc_dialog_date_close_ok_cb (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer user_data)
 {