diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d5e0b33de38829c89504a51d0010b98e7019486c..7a702d0d3de957b51b9e6018f952cd2897c5f478 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ CVS code -
   write_marked()
 	- New function used to write the current marked selection to a
 	  file, split out from do_writeout(). (DLR)
+  filestat()
+	- Removed, as it is only called in one place and is
+	  redundant. (DLR)
+  do_browser()
+	- Replace the filestat() call with an equivalent stat() call.
+	  (DLR)
 - global.c:
   shortcut_init()
 	- Only allow verbatim input when we're not in view mode. (DLR)
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 8c6d7ea838f2a519b10215e76c00b525660a2677..2f38eff79ef2433f1f371d0e7db946237000ad4c 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2369,15 +2369,6 @@ char *input_tab(char *buf, int place, int *lastwastab, int *newplace, int *list)
 #endif /* !DISABLE_TABCOMP */
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_BROWSER
-/* Return the stat of the file pointed to by path */
-struct stat filestat(const char *path)
-{
-    struct stat st;
-
-    stat(path, &st);
-    return st;
-}
-
 /* Our sort routine for file listings -- sort directories before
  * files, and then alphabetically. */ 
 int diralphasort(const void *va, const void *vb)
@@ -2780,7 +2771,7 @@ char *do_browser(const char *inpath)
 		if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
 		     /* Aha!  It's a symlink!  Now, is it a dir?  If so,
 			mark it as such */
-		    st = filestat(filelist[j]);
+		    stat(filelist[j], &st);
 		    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
 			strcpy(foo + longest - 5, "(dir)");
 		    else
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index 8eb94bce15f3f810003b6f2efe919faff49d3a3c..9d0542243a28bdf126c14e63fbbc7cd6ee3ef29e 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ char **cwd_tab_completion(char *buf, int *num_matches);
 char *input_tab(char *buf, int place, int *lastwastab, int *newplace, int *list);
 #endif
 #ifndef DISABLE_BROWSER
-struct stat filestat(const char *path);
 int diralphasort(const void *va, const void *vb);
 void free_charptrarray(char **array, int len);
 const char *tail(const char *foo);